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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 States62.0%
2 Germany60.6%
3 Japan 31.5%
4 Republic of Korea22.9%

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 = 1.883883 X +5.557
Correlation coefficient (r)0.985
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.970

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 85652.210665 X +9941.647
Correlation coefficient (r)0.841
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.707

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -15.139036 X +87.974
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.834
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.696

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.784647 X +0.548
Correlation coefficient (r)0.930
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.865

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -17.910091 X +21.970
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.664
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.441