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In an ageing index, the population aged 60 years and above is commonly compared with which group?

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Correct answer: Population aged 0-14

The ageing index compares the size of the older population with the size of the child population. In the convention used here, it is calculated as \(\frac{\text{population aged 60 and above}}{\text{population aged 0–14}}\times100\). The result indicates how many older persons there are for every 100 children, allowing the age structure of different populations to be compared.

Thus the comparison group is people aged 0–14, making option A correct. The 15–59 group is generally treated as the working-age or adult group and is used in other measures, not this standard ageing-index comparison. A higher index means older people form a larger group relative to children; it does not mean that older people are being compared with half of the total population or only with young adults.

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Ageing IndexElderly PopulationChild PopulationPopulation AgeingAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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