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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:
3 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea111.3%
2 Japan 84.2%
3 United States5.0%

No data for 235 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 data3
Regression equation
Y = -1.026248 X +7.003
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.988
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.976

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -33595.730862 X +70243.813
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.992
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.984

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 6.522570 X +77.407
Correlation coefficient (r)0.920
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.846

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = -0.668333 X +1.720
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.913
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.834

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data3
Regression equation
Y = 8.880991 X +14.065
Correlation coefficient (r)0.658
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.433