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If elderly dependency is declining but total dependency is increasing, which explanation is possible?

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Correct answer: Child dependency is rising more rapidly

Total dependency combines child dependency and elderly dependency in relation to the working-age population. Therefore, a fall in elderly dependency does not necessarily make total dependency fall. If the number or share of children rises sufficiently, the increase in child dependency can be larger than the decline in elderly dependency.

In that situation, the combined total can increase even while the elderly component decreases. Option A describes exactly this possibility. A declining child population would generally push total dependency downward, and very rapid growth of the working-age population would usually reduce it. Rising elderly dependency would contradict the condition given. Hence option A is the only consistent explanation.

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