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If the number of people aged 65 and above remains constant but the working-age population declines, what will happen to the old-age dependency ratio?

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Correct answer: It will increase

The old-age dependency ratio compares the number of older people with the working-age population. It is commonly expressed as older people divided by working-age people, multiplied by 100. The numerator in this situation remains constant, but the denominator becomes smaller. Dividing the same number by a smaller number produces a larger ratio.

Thus, each 100 working-age people would have to support or be compared with more older people than before, even though the absolute elderly population has not increased. Option B, “It will increase,” is therefore correct. It would decline only if the elderly population fell proportionately more, and it would remain unchanged only if both groups changed in a matching way.

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Old Age DependencyWorking Age DeclineDependency RatioPopulation AgeingAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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