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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:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea79.7%
2 Japan 68.7%
3 Germany11.4%
4 United States5.0%

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 = -0.986892 X +6.797
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.991
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.982

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -45920.139374 X +66761.847
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.866
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.750

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 8.178310 X +77.906
Correlation coefficient (r)0.866
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.750

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.906946 X +1.711
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.908
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.824

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 8.554287 X +10.521
Correlation coefficient (r)0.609
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.371