Country A has approximately 100,000 children between the ages of 0 and 14, although it has a high infant mortality rate It also has 202,000 elderly people who have retired from work, although most continue to live in multi-generational households with their children and grandchildren. Country A also has 310,000 people who can participate in the workforce. We can use these data to calculate that the
A) dependency ratio is about 50 percent.
B) life expectancy ratio is about 50 percent.
C) population ratio is high.
D) dependency ratio is about 67 percent.
E) dependency ratio is about 33 percent.
Answer: A
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A dependency ratio of 65 represents
A) that only those over 65 are dependent on government services. B) that the population is a greying population. C) that more women are expected to enter the labor force. D) that for every 100 people, 65 are dependent on the current labor force. E) that for every 100 people, 35 are dependent on the current labor force.
Most grasslands in North America have been heavily influenced by:
A. Agriculture and the grazing of domesticated animals. B. Oil and gas development. C. Development of shopping malls. D. Urban development.
Which of the features on this aerial photograph is a cut bank?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D