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If the elderly population grows but the working-age population grows at the same pace, what may happen to elderly dependency?

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Correct answer: It may remain approximately stable

Elderly dependency is usually expressed as the number of older people relative to the working-age population. The important measure is therefore a ratio, not the absolute number of elderly people alone. If the elderly population and the working-age population both grow at approximately the same rate, the numerator and denominator increase together, so the ratio may change very little. The elderly population can still become larger in absolute terms without making dependency double.

Option A is correct because it describes this approximate stability. Option B is too certain and would require the elderly group to grow much faster relative to the working-age group. Option C is impossible merely because both groups grow. Option D confuses elderly dependency with child dependency; the categories are based on different age groups. Exact results depend on the precise growth rates and definitions, so “approximately” is the appropriate wording.

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