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If large numbers of people aged 18–35 out-migrate from a rural area, which age-structural effect is most likely there?

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Correct answer: The share of young working-age people will fall

When migration is concentrated among people aged 18–35, it is age-selective rather than evenly distributed across the population. These migrants are mainly young adults who would otherwise belong to the rural working-age group. Their departure directly reduces that group’s number and usually its share of the rural population. The remaining population can therefore contain relatively more children, middle-aged people, and older people, even if their actual numbers have not increased.

Choice A is correct because it identifies the direct compositional effect of out-migration. Choice B reverses the effect. Choice C is impossible because migration does not change a person’s actual age. Choice D assumes that every age group leaves in equal proportions, which contradicts the stated movement of 18–35-year-olds. The question concerns age composition, so the important point is who leaves, not merely how many people leave.

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Rural Out-MigrationWorking-Age PopulationDependencyAge CompositionAge StructureGeographyPopulation CompositionClass 12 Mcq

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