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If a country's child population falls from 25 percent to 18 percent while the working-age group increases, what is the most likely effect?

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Correct answer: Child dependency may decline

Child dependency compares the number of children with the population in the working ages. If children make up 25 percent and later make up 18 percent, their share has fallen by 7 percentage points. If the working-age group also increases, there are fewer children relative to the people who may support them. Thus the child dependency ratio is likely to decline, although the exact ratio would require the relevant age-group counts rather than percentages alone.

Option A is correct. The information does not prove that elderly dependency will double; older people may increase, decrease, or remain similar. It also says that the working-age group increases, so option C contradicts the condition. School demand may fall or change, but it cannot become immediately zero because children remain in the population. Therefore, the most defensible effect is a possible decline in child dependency.

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Child DependencyWorking Age GrowthAge Structure ChangeDependency RatioAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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