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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 45.5%
2 Republic of Korea38.4%
3 United States15.8%
4 Germany9.5%
5 Sweden2.4%

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 = -3.382262 X +7.429
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.978
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.956

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -59080.104434 X +64025.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.776
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.602

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.542615 X +79.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.343734 X +1.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 18.510262 X +13.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291