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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 Germany58.5%
2 United States55.4%
3 Japan 30.2%
4 Republic of Korea26.7%

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 = 3.559076 X +4.977
Correlation coefficient (r)0.999
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.998

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 76924.694478 X +15694.905
Correlation coefficient (r)0.830
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.689

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -16.031731 X +88.396
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.823
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.677

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.799363 X +0.569
Correlation coefficient (r)0.842
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.709

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -30.374888 X +31.045
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.698
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.487