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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 Germany 58.3%
4 Japan46.8%

No data for 234 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