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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 Japan45.5%
2 Republic of Korea38.4%
3 United States15.8%
4 Germany 9.5%
5 Sweden2.4%

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 = -3.382262 X +7.429
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.978
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.956

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -59080.104434 X +64025.879
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.776
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.602

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 8.542615 X +79.813
Correlation coefficient (r)0.567
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.321

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -1.343734 X +1.702
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.742
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.551

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 18.510262 X +13.269
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291