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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 Germany58.5%
2 United States55.4%
3 Japan 30.2%
4 Republic of Korea26.7%

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 = 2.294723 X +5.411
Correlation coefficient (r)0.993
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.986

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 96945.734833 X +6446.921
Correlation coefficient (r)0.788
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.621

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -17.465196 X +88.733
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.796
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.634

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 2.045239 X +0.464
Correlation coefficient (r)0.882
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.778

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -21.455453 X +23.206
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433