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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 Korea76.6%
2 Japan69.0%
3 Germany 6.2%
4 United States4.8%

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 = -1.511254 X +7.088
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.999
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.998

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -34528.007414 X +62059.465
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.877
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.769

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 7.188401 X +78.736
Correlation coefficient (r)0.869
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.755

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -0.774059 X +1.641
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.852
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.726

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 12.490376 X +13.185
Correlation coefficient (r)0.676
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.457