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If a country's child population is shrinking rapidly while its elderly population is expanding rapidly, what shift in resource allocation between schools and health infrastructure is likely?

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Correct answer: School demand may fall in some areas while elderly health and long-term care needs rise

Age structure helps governments estimate which public services will be needed. When the number of children falls, some places may need fewer school seats, classrooms or teachers, although local differences can remain. When the elderly population rises, demand generally increases for hospitals, geriatric care, medicines, social support and long-term care. Planning should respond to these changing proportions.

Option B is correct because it links a shrinking child cohort with rising elderly-care needs without claiming that every locality changes identically. Option A reverses the likely trend, C ignores demographic change, and D wrongly denies the connection between age structure and public spending. The result concerns probable allocation, not an exact reduction in every school budget.

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Population AgeingSchool DemandElderly CarePublic ExpenditureAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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