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If child dependency is very low but total dependency is very high, which explanation is most logical?

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Correct answer: Elderly dependency is very high

Total dependency is the combined burden of child dependency and elderly dependency relative to the working-age population. If the child component is very small but the total remains very high, the elderly component must be contributing a large share of the total. This pattern is typical of an ageing population in which fertility has remained low for a long period and survival to older ages is substantial. A very large working-age population would generally enlarge the denominator and tend to lower dependency, while a large child population contradicts the stated low child dependency. Therefore, option B is the only logical explanation.

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Elderly DependencyTotal DependencyLow Child DependencyPopulation AgeingAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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