What Analogy Have Some Demographers Used to Describe the Way

question 140

Multiple Choice

What analogy have some demographers used to describe the way in which the baby boom generation has moved up the population pyramid?

• A) a mountain
• B) a cow out to pasture
• C) a pig that has been swallowed by a python
• D) a muffin overflowing outside the tin

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Definitions:

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