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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 Republic of Korea79.7%
2 Japan68.7%
3 Germany 11.4%
4 United States5.0%

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 = -1.523798 X +7.124
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.993
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.986

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -36019.199996 X +63381.660
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.903
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.815

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 7.399628 X +78.501
Correlation coefficient (r)0.882
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.778

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.806224 X +1.670
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.876
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.767

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.902695 X +12.759
Correlation coefficient (r)0.689
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.475