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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:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States62.0%
2 Germany60.6%
3 Japan 31.5%
4 Republic of Korea22.9%

No data for 6 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 = 2.926301 X +5.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 67853.306628 X +18516.662
Correlation coefficient (r)0.885
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.783

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -13.695379 X +87.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.849
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.721

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.591187 X +0.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.899
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.808

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -26.550047 X +29.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543