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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 States80.5%
2 Republic of Korea66.9%
3 Germany58.3%
4 Japan 46.8%

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 = 1.832608 X +5.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.441
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.194

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 73763.119350 X +1978.781
Correlation coefficient (r)0.683
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.466

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -18.734089 X +93.376
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.825
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.681

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 0.397449 X +1.087
Correlation coefficient (r)0.160
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.026

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.968961 X +9.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.256
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.066