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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:
5 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United States81.4%
2 Sweden80.2%
3 Germany62.5%
4 Republic of Korea61.8%
5 Japan 52.0%

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 = 3.907278 X +4.033
Correlation coefficient (r)0.771
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.594

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 98470.552339 X -15707.199
Correlation coefficient (r)0.882
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.778

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -15.779935 X +92.384
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.715
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.511

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = 1.549996 X +0.355
Correlation coefficient (r)0.584
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.341

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data5
Regression equation
Y = -8.915867 X +23.425
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.177
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.031