Tweet
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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 53.8%
2 Republic of Korea51.5%
3 United States15.4%
4 Germany11.2%
5 Sweden3.7%

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 = -2.710709 X +7.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.993
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.986

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -50228.425817 X +64461.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.835
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.697

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7.424957 X +79.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.167896 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 16.775269 X +12.851
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383