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If the number of children remains constant but the working-age population keeps declining, what happens to child dependency?

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Correct answer: It may increase

Child dependency is commonly expressed as the number of children relative to the working-age population, often as a ratio or percentage. If the number of children stays constant but the working-age population becomes smaller, the denominator in this comparison falls. With the same number of children being supported by fewer working-age people, the burden per worker rises.

For example, if 40 children are supported by 100 working-age people, the ratio is 40 children per 100 workers. If the children remain 40 but workers fall to 80, the ratio becomes 50 per 100 workers. Thus child dependency may increase. It does not become zero, and it does not turn into elderly dependency; those are different measures. Therefore option B is correct.

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