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Youthful populations: case study Gambia

Youthful populations: case study Gambia. Define key terms “economically active”, “young dependants”, “old dependants” and “dependency ratios”. I can understand how to calculate dependency rations

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Youthful populations: case study Gambia

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  1. Youthful populations: case study Gambia Define key terms “economically active”, “young dependants”, “old dependants” and “dependency ratios”. I can understand how to calculate dependency rations I can explain problems caused by high numbers of old dependants in MEDC’s and young dependants in LEDC’s: case study Gambia

  2. Key terms: Economically active: The total population between the ages of 15 and 65 in any country Young dependants: the population under the age of 15 Old dependants: people in the population over 65 Dependency ratio: A measure showing the number of dependents (aged 0-14 and over the age of 65) to the total population (aged 15-64).

  3. Dependency ratio: • Calculated by: This indicator gives insight into the amount of people of non-working age compared to the number of those of working age. A high ratio means those of working age - and the overall economy - face a greater burden in supporting the aging population.The young dependency ratio includes only under 15s, and the elderly dependency ratio focuses on those over 64. For example, if in a population of 1,000 there are 250 people under the age of 15 and 500 people between the ages of 15-64. The youth dependency ratio would be 50% (250/500).

  4. Youthful population, Gambia: Draw a population pyramid to show the population of Gambia today and projected population for 2050. Describe the pyramid now and what the explain what you think the 2050 projected pyramids implications may be. Use the pyramid to calculate the dependency ratio.

  5. Case study notes from DVD • Youthful populations: Case study Gambia • What is a youthful population? • Where is The Gambia? • How many children may a typical Gambian women give birth to? • Why do Gambian women have so many children? • What is the dependency ratio for Gambia? • What will be the impacts of a large population for Gambia in the future? • What has been done abut the youthful population?

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