GEO 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dependency Ratio, Healthy Life Years, Basic Income
24 Feb 2021
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Dependency ratios basic concepts: a dependency ratio refers to the number of dependents in a population to the number of workers, expressed as the number of dependents for every 100 workers. Total dependency ratio = (number of people 0-19 + 65+) Highlights: the number of seniors aged 65 and over increased 14. 1% between 2006 and 2011 to nearly 5 million. In 2011, the proportion of seniors in canada was among the lowest of the g8 countries: the population of children aged 4 and under increased 11. 0% between 2006 and 2011. This was the highest growth rate for this age group since the 1956 to 1961 period during the baby boom. In 2011, there were 5,825 centenarians in canada, up 25. 7% since 2006. This was the second most rapidly growing age group among all age groups after those aged 60 to 64. In 2011, the working-age population (those aged 15 to 64) represented 68. 5% of the.
