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g. An aging population may require governments to the pressure of providing education, health facilities,
spend more resources on the elderly and encourage and housing and managing growing unemployment
immigration to support the elderly, while govern- for its growing population, brain drain, and resource
ments with a more youthful population will have depletion.

YOUR TURN Use the following image to answer the prompts based on dependency ratios. (parts a-g are worth
1 point each)

80°N 80°N
Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
60°N 60°N

40°N 40°N
ATLANTIC
OCEAN Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
20°N 20°N
PACIFIC PACIFIC
OCEAN OCEAN
Equator
0° Equator 0°
INDIAN
Age dependency, 2018 OCEAN
20°S
20°S 20°S
High child dependency ATLANTIC Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
Moderate child dependency OCEAN
40°S Double dependency 0 2000 4000 miles 40°S
40°S
40°S
High elderly dependency
Low overall dependency 0 2000 4000 km
100°W
160°W 100°W 80°W 60°W 40°W 20°W 0° 20°E 40°E 60°E 80°E 100°E 120°E 140°E 160°E 180°
160°W
a. Define dependency ratio. e. Explain ONE impact on society of a high
b. Identify ONE region on the image with a high elderly dependency ratio.
child dependency ratio. f. Explain ONE demographic reason for a low
c. Identify ONE region on the image with a high child dependency ratio.
elderly dependency ratio. g. Explain ONE demographic reason for a high
d. Explain ONE impact on society of a high child child dependency ratio.
dependency ratio.

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