Question

If a region has a high proportion of people aged below 15 years and above 65 years, what challenge is most likely to arise?

Options

• High literacy rate.

• Low dependency ratio.

• Economic strain on the working-age population.

• High participation in the labour force.

Answer 1

Economic strain on the working-age population.

Explanation:

Because there are many children (below 15) and elderly (above 65), fewer people are in the working-age group. This raises the dependency ratio, so each worker has to support more non-workers, creating economic strain.