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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 45.5%
2 Republic of Korea38.4%
3 United States15.8%
4 Germany9.5%
5 Sweden2.4%

No data for 33 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 data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.743287 X +7.194
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.950
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.902

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -72227.057593 X +67637.479
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.680
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.462

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 5.884900 X +80.266
Correlation coefficient (r)0.419
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.295761 X +1.627
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.703
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.494

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 12.642582 X +10.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.499
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.249