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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:
3 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea111.3%
2 Japan 84.2%
3 United States5.0%

No data for 35 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 data3
Regression equation
Y = -0.675294 X +6.732
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -44099.997597 X +77011.832
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.976
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.953

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 7.551809 X +76.353
Correlation coefficient (r)0.940
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.884

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -0.721843 X +1.739
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.935
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.874

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 4.199781 X +13.163
Correlation coefficient (r)0.500
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.250