Population Age Structure & Demographic Dividend

The distribution of people among various age groups in a population is called the:

• population age structure

• demographic transition

• demographic dividend

True or false: The percentage of older adults in the world is decreasing, while the percentage of children is increasing.

• True

• False

The change from high fertility and high mortality to low fertility and low mortality as a country develops economically is referred to as the:

• population age structure

• demographic transition

• demographic dividend

A potential economic boost associated with a shift from a population with a higher percentage of economically dependent people to a population with a higher percentage of economically productive people.

• population age structure

• demographic transition

• demographic dividend

Strategic investment in ______ may increase the likelihood that a country will experience a demographic dividend:

• health

• education

• good governance

• economic policy

This statistic is calculated by dividing the number of economically dependent people (younger than age 15 and older than age 65) by the number of working age people (ages 15 to 64) and multiplying by 100:

• Crude Birth Rate

• Crude Death Rate

• Dependency Ratio

According to the Population Reference Bureau map provided, how is Botswana categorized in 2018?

• High Child Dependency

• Moderate Child Dependency

• Double Dependency

• High Old Age Dependency

• Low Overall Dependency

Which of the following is a way to lower fertility and change population age structure?

• access to voluntary family planning (birth control)

• improved child health

• girls education

According to the Population Reference Bureau map provided, how is the United States categorized in 2018?

• High Child Dependency

• Moderate Child Dependency

• Double Dependency

• High Old Age Dependency

• Low Overall Dependency

Aging populations face the challenge(s) of:

• increasing medical and long term care costs

• decline in working age population

• increase in dependency ratio