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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 8 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 = -1.145299 X +7.017
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -36496.947497 X +70508.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = 8.913309 X +76.988
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.366300 X +1.653
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.976801 X +16.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000