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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 United States81.4%
2 Sweden80.2%
3 Germany62.5%
4 Republic of Korea61.8%
5 Japan 52.0%

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 = 3.907278 X +4.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 98470.552339 X -15707.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.882
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.778

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.779935 X +92.384
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.549996 X +0.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.915867 X +23.425
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031