What Is the Dependency Ratio

question 30

Multiple Choice

What is the dependency ratio?

• A) The number of children men support.
• B) The percentage of women who work outside the home.
• C) The amount of people that can be supported by an acre of land.
• D) The number of literate adults relative to the total number of adults in a population.
• E) The number of nonworking compared to with working individuals in a population.

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