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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden83.5%
2 United States81.7%
3 Germany75.8%
4 Japan 47.2%
5 Republic of Korea45.5%

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 = 2.640024 X +4.819
Correlation coefficient (r)0.921
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.848

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 82794.924676 X -5745.533
Correlation coefficient (r)0.864
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.746

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.838806 X +88.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.626
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.392

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.727875 X +0.251
Correlation coefficient (r)0.894
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.799

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -13.332868 X +22.608
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.530
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.281