Question 2

Use the data in the table below to answer the questions that follow;

Age group No of Students in thousands
1955 1960
0 - 16 150 143
17 - 45 51 107
46 -60 29 33
above 60 15 17

(a) What is the percentage increase in the working population between 1955 - 1960?
(b) Calculate the ratio dependent population to the working population in 1955. 
(c) Calculate the ratio of dependent population to the working population in 1960.
(d) Has the dependency ratio increased or decreased between 1955 and 1960? 
 

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Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Economics
Year
1994
Question no.
#2
Type
Theory

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