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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 = -52260.456437 X +71870.558
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.884
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.781

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 6.473097 X +78.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.866
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.750

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.885332 X +1.657
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.895
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.801

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