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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 Republic of Korea76.6%
2 Japan 69.0%
3 Germany6.2%
4 United States4.8%

No data for 34 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 = -0.978948 X +6.774
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.997
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.994

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -50212.525361 X +69997.454
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.861
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.741

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 6.289769 X +78.738
Correlation coefficient (r)0.853
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.728

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.847735 X +1.624
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 8.486034 X +10.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376