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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:
2 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 85.4%
2 United States3.5%

No data for 36 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 data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.811966 X +6.753
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -51879.120879 X +78158.769
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = 9.890110 X +75.954
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.439560 X +1.675
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -2.771673 X +14.607
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000