OPSC 2015 Solved Paper

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Which one of the following is the correct definition of Dependency Ratio?

Ratio of non-working population to working population.
Ratio of ageing population to total population.
Ratio of female population to male population.
Ratio of non-working population to total population.

Solution:

The dependency ratio is a measure of showing the number of dependants (aged 0-14 and over the age of 65 ) to the total population (aged 15-64). It is also referred to as the "total dependency ratio".

=\;{\;\text " Number of Dependents "\;}/{\;\text " Population "\;(15-64)} × 100

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