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Dependency Ratio
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Dependency Ratio
The ratio of the rough number of persons who are financially dependent on another person to the rough number of persons of working age, expressed as a percentage. The dependency ratio shows how easy or difficult it is for the persons of working age to take care of those who are not of working age. It is calculated thus:

Dependency ratio = (Number of persons under 15 + Number of persons over 65) / (Number of persons between 15 and 65) *100


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METHODS: The age dependency of the papillary index was determined by CLSM on 3 different age groups.
Many of these people will find retirement brings growing financial pressures, says Sovereign - because final salary pensions are being widely demolished, and because increasing age dependency ratios make it harder for working families to support ageing relatives.
Census Bureau Table 3--South Dakota Old-Age Dependency Ratios 1960 1980 2000 Old Age Dependency Ratio 19.
 
 
 
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