Dependency Ratio

Question 1

Recognised effects of the dependency ratio

Answer 1

• Fewer houses for younger families to move into
• Strain on the health service

Question 2

Some predict that on the current trajectory in the U.K by ____ the average age will be…

Answer 2

43 in the year 2031

Question 3

Marxists make a point about the dependency ratio. what?

Answer 3

Old people under capitalism are without major wealth, regarded as useless and we’re encouraged to see them as a burden that cannot contribute aside from taxes.

They’re expendable.

Question 4

In 2023… (in relation to and aging population)

Answer 4

45% of the people admitted to A&E were 65 and over.