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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 Japan53.8%
2 Republic of Korea51.5%
3 United States15.4%
4 Germany 11.2%
5 Sweden3.7%

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 = -2.710709 X +7.409
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.993
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.986

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -50228.425817 X +64461.149
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.835
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.697

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 7.424957 X +79.706
Correlation coefficient (r)0.624
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.389

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.167896 X +1.719
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 16.775269 X +12.851
Correlation coefficient (r)0.619
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.383