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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden83.5%
2 United States81.7%
3 Germany75.8%
4 Japan 47.2%
5 Republic of Korea45.5%

No data for 5 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 data5
Regression equation
Y = 3.366716 X +4.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.980
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.960

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 70020.796883 X +4107.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.926
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.857

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.855147 X +88.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.563154 X +0.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -21.677331 X +31.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404