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If a country's elderly share rises from 18 percent to 24 percent while the working-age population remains stable, which change is most likely?

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Correct answer: Elderly dependency may increase

Elderly dependency concerns the number of older people in relation to the working-age population. If the elderly share rises from 18 percent to 24 percent while the working-age group remains stable, older people make up a larger proportion of the population supported directly or indirectly by workers. This can increase the economic and care responsibilities associated with ageing.

Therefore elderly dependency may increase, making option A correct. The word “may” is important because an exact dependency ratio would require precise age-group counts and definitions. The data do not show that child dependency will rise, that the working-age population will double, or that school demand must increase. Those claims either concern different groups or are unsupported. The given change most directly points to greater elderly dependency.

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Elderly DependencyPopulation AgeingWorking Age PopulationPension PressureAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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