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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 Sweden83.5%
2 United States81.7%
3 Germany 75.8%
4 Japan47.2%
5 Republic of Korea45.5%

No data for 233 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 = 3.366716 X +4.427
Correlation coefficient (r)0.980
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.960

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 70020.796883 X +4107.320
Correlation coefficient (r)0.926
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.857

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -10.855147 X +88.965
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.725
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.526

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.563154 X +0.359
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -21.677331 X +31.867
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.636
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.404