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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:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea76.6%
2 Japan 69.0%
3 Germany6.2%
4 United States4.8%

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 = -1.274025 X +6.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.998
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.996

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -34528.007414 X +62059.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.877
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.769

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 7.188401 X +78.736
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.774059 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 8.486034 X +10.723
Correlation coefficient (r)0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376