Talk:Dependency ratio

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Why does this formula suggest to multiply the number for the age group between 15 and 65 by 100? "Advanced Geography" (by Garret Nagle, published by Oxford University Press) simply divides the number of the "not-productive" by the number of "productive". And this appears to be right of you try to apply both formulas suggested here (either with or without the multiplication by 100) to the figures given at http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/genderRpt.asp?rpt=basic&cty=IND,India&hm=home2 you'll find that the formula with the multiplier provides a wrong value for the dependency ratio.

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15 too young
Most 15-year-olds, and many first-year postsecondary students, are dependent on their parents. Wouldn't 20 be a better cut-off point, at least in industrialized countries? Neon Merlin  21:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * It would make more sense to have the non-working/population ratio, because as you say, a lot of people don't work before 18, 20 or even later. Some take early/late retirements. Plus, in Europe in particular, as unemployment is high, a lot of 15-65 don't work and are therefore dependants. I don't even think that stay-at-home parents are counted as unemployed and yet they're dependent too as they don't collect salaries. So while dependency ratio can increase (because of ageing population) the non working/population can decrease at the same time, if employment goes up.AtikuX (talk) 04:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The age should be whatever amount of people are over the legal working age but those who are in full time education should not be counted... or so they teach us at college.--Play Brian Moore (talk) 17:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This article is very ambiguous, at first stating that dependents are under 16 and over 64 and then using 14 as the lower figure in the formulae.--84.66.135.64 (talk) 12:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

2010 World Bank Age Dependency Ratio Map and Table
Here is the 2010 world bank age dependency ratio map http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND.OL/countries?display=map

And this is the table associated with it http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND.OL Junk InThisSite (talk) 09:40, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Dr. Peeters's comment on this article
Dr. Peeters has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:

"Please change the sentence "As of 2010 Japan and Europe had high dependency ratios compared to other parts of the world" into "As of 2010 Japan had high dependency ratios, as well as some countries in Europe, in particular in comparison with some Asian and African countries."

Please also change the paragraph "Nevertheless, the dependency ratio ignores ...with caution" into "Countries with high elderly dependency ratios are implementing reforms to tackle the aging societies. For instance, these countries delay the retirement age. In case this happens, people above the age of 65 are thus not necessarily dependent. The definition of dependency rates needs therefore also be adapted likewise."

We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.

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 * Reference : Marga Peeters & Loek Groot, 2011. "Demographic Change Across The Globe Maintaining Social Security In Ageing Economies," EERI Research Paper Series EERI_RP_2011_18, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels.

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Additional contributions to make the Article stronger
Hello fellow Wikipedia editors,

I have a few contributions that I would like to add to the article. I plan to add more comparisons between dependency ratios in the different stages of the Demographic Transition and how it will overall affect the demography of that country. I want to add more recent data on countries that are struggling with their dependency ratios and the solutions that can be made to fix it. I will do more research on migrant labor dependency ratio and how that affects the demography of a country. I noticed that the aging in Japan and some countries in Europe in 2010 was tremendously higher compared to other parts of the world and I want to include more information on how that occurred, and what those they will do to fix their aging problem.

Let me know what you think of these ideas for the article. Brenda le11 (talk) 16:53, 14 March 2018 (UTC)