Tweet
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 = -79409.421173 X +71566.315
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.695
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.483

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 14.930657 X +76.814
Correlation coefficient (r)0.733
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.537

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -1.618887 X +1.821
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.752
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.566

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