The study revealed that loneliness leads to a multitude of mental health problems — especially among students, low-income earners, and people who speak languages other than Finnish as their mother tongue.
Sociologists suggest that so-called ‘knowledge workers’ in Finland — people whose job is to “think for a living” — are more likely to suffer from guilt-addled melancholy.
Since 2007, sperm and egg donation in Finland has not been anonymous. The first children conceived since then are reaching adulthood, granting them the right to learn the identity of their donor.