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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:
4 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Japan 47.3%
2 Republic of Korea42.5%
3 United States19.3%
4 Germany10.4%

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 = -3.208164 X +7.455
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.970
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.941

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -62516.626447 X +67218.592
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.726
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.527

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 14.055249 X +77.351
Correlation coefficient (r)0.777
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.604

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = -1.381917 X +1.750
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.696
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.484

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data4
Regression equation
Y = 22.835260 X +11.253
Correlation coefficient (r)0.565
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.319