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If elderly people form 12 percent and children form 23 percent of a country's population, what is the total dependent share?

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Correct answer: 35 percent

In the usual simplified age-structure calculation, dependents include children and older people because these groups are generally less likely to be in the working-age population. The question gives their shares directly, so add the child share to the elderly share: \\(23\\% + 12\\% = 35\\%\\). Therefore, 35% of the total population belongs to these two dependent groups.

Option C is correct. This is a dependent share, not the full dependency ratio expressed as dependents divided by the working-age population. If a formal dependency ratio were requested, the working-age percentage would also be needed as the denominator. Here, however, the question asks for the total dependent share and supplies both component percentages, so simple addition is appropriate. The other options either omit a group or use an incorrect total.

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