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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 Japan 47.3%
2 Republic of Korea42.5%
3 United States19.3%
4 Germany10.4%

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 = -3.208164 X +7.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -62516.626447 X +67218.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 14.055249 X +77.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -1.381917 X +1.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 22.835260 X +11.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319