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How often an elderly (60 years and over, not in a nursing home) contact their child(ren) not living together in person or by phone.
Choices: "Almost every day" "More than once a week" "Once or twice a month" "Several times a year" "Almost none"
Data: % of "Almost every day" "More than once a week"
Period:
Area:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States80.5%
2 Republic of Korea66.9%
3 Germany58.3%
4 Japan 46.8%

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 = 1.380883 X +5.519
Correlation coefficient (r)0.513
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.263

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 109076.304508 X -21011.667
Correlation coefficient (r)0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -21.000450 X +94.532
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.821
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.674

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.504062 X +1.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.187
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 15.227812 X +4.432
Correlation coefficient (r)0.401
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.161