Source: Data from U

question 38

Multiple Choice

Source: Data from U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base
-Based upon the age structure diagram,you expect the American population to

• A) grow because all of the age classes have roughly equal proportions of people.
• B) grow then shrink because many of the people will be entering the post-reproductive years.
• C) grow because a large proportion of the population will be entering the reproductive years.
• D) grow then decline because a lower proportion of individuals are in prereproductive age classes.
• E) No answer is correct.

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