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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 United States81.4%
2 Sweden80.2%
3 Germany62.5%
4 Republic of Korea61.8%
5 Japan 52.0%

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 = 3.382084 X +4.296
Correlation coefficient (r)0.800
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.640

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 122913.392660 X -33553.071
Correlation coefficient (r)0.870
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.757

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.961779 X +92.447
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.625
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.391

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.694919 X +0.259
Correlation coefficient (r)0.594
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.353

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 0.248694 X +13.542
Correlation coefficient (r)0.007
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000