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Question
Why are children and old age (above 60 years) are not considered for computation of workforce?
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Solution
- Persons, less than 15 years are considered as children.
- Persons above 60 years of age are excluded as they are not physically fit to take productive
occupation - If larger percentage of the population is accounted by children and old age persons, then the progress of the country would be very slow as the working force is very small.
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