What Is the Proportion of the Population Under the Age

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is the proportion of the population under the age 15 and above the age of 64 called?

• A) dependency ratio
• B) geodesic ratio
• C) extreme ratio
• D) harmonized ratio

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Definitions:

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