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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 States62.0%
2 Germany60.6%
3 Japan 31.5%
4 Republic of Korea22.9%

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 = 2.926301 X +5.201
Correlation coefficient (r)0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 67853.306628 X +18516.662
Correlation coefficient (r)0.885
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.783

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -13.695379 X +87.610
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.849
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.721

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 1.591187 X +0.633
Correlation coefficient (r)0.899
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.808

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -26.550047 X +29.823
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.737
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.543