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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 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 = -1.511254 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.999
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.998

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 - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.490376 X +13.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457