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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:
2 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 85.4%
2 United States3.5%

No data for 236 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 data2
Regression equation
Y = -1.145299 X +7.017
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -36496.947497 X +70508.393
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = 8.913309 X +76.988
Correlation coefficient (r)1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.366300 X +1.653
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data2
Regression equation
Y = -0.976801 X +16.134
Correlation coefficient (r)-1.000
Coefficient of determination (R2)1.000