The support ratio, or dependency ratio, refers to:

a. The proportion of the federal budget that is devoted to age-based entitlement programs
b. A numerical measure of the number of persons in the labor force compared to the number of persons not in the labor force.
c. A measure of the life-time contributions of older persons to the economy
d. None of the above
e. All of the above


b. A numerical measure of the number of persons in the labor force compared to the number of persons not in the labor force.

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