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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 53.8%
2 Republic of Korea51.5%
3 United States15.4%
4 Germany11.2%
5 Sweden3.7%

No data for 33 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 data5
Regression equation
Y = -2.155642 X +7.166
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.946
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.895

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -57594.222777 X +65131.353
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.756
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.572

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 6.983453 X +79.766
Correlation coefficient (r)0.507
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.257

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.304311 X +1.758
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.848
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.719

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 11.178896 X +10.678
Correlation coefficient (r)0.559
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.312