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Who an elderly (60 years and over, not in a nursing home) lives with.
Choices: "Spouse or partner" "Married son" "Married daughter" "Unmarried child" "Child's spouse or partner" "Grandchild" "Sibling" "Other kin" "Kinless person" "Alone"
Data: "Married son" "Married daughter" "Unmarried child"
The figure can exceed 100%, in case where a elderly lives more than one type of child.
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 47.3%
2 Republic of Korea42.5%
3 United States19.3%
4 Germany10.4%

No data for 234 countries.

Source
Cabinet Office Japan, International Survey on Life and Perception of Elderly 2010 (Vol. 7).

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -2.084800 X +7.013
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.971
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.943

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -92440.284448 X +77955.785
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.330637 X +77.516
Correlation coefficient (r)0.765
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.585

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -1.497782 X +1.740
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.702
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.493

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 17.390286 X +8.850
Correlation coefficient (r)0.574
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.329