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DEPENDENCY RATIO

Specialty Definition: DEPENDENCY RATIO

DomainDefinition

Economics

Calculated as the ratio of dependents, the population under age 15 and above age 65, to the working-age population(those aged 15-64). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DEPENDENCY RATIO

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Economic History

Ireland

In the BMW Region, there will be particular emphasis on redressing inequities or imbalances that have arisen because of the higher dependency ratio, the lower population density and the less developed transport infrastructure. (references)

Netherlands

Despite drastic reforms in social security programs aimed at stricter criteria for disability and unemployment benefits, the dependency ratio (number of benefit recipients relative to active labor force) in 2001 is expected to fall only slightly to a ratio of 65:100. In 1999, the ratio was 68:100. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: DEPENDENCY RATIO

Expression using "DEPENDENCY RATIO": age dependency ratio. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DEPENDENCY RATIO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dependency ratio

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DEPENDENCY RATIO

Language Translations for "DEPENDENCY RATIO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

demografische druk (age dependency ratio), verhouding tussen actieven en niet-produktieven (age dependency ratio), afhankelijkheidsgraad (age dependency ratio). (various references)

   

French

  

rapport de dépendance en fonction de l'âge économique (age dependency ratio), rapport de dépendance en fonction de l'âge (age dependency ratio), rapport de dépendance économique (age dependency ratio), rapport âge-personnes à charges (age dependency ratio), proportion de dépendants dans la population (age dependency ratio). (various references)

   

German

  

Nicht-Erwerbstätigen-Proportion (age dependency ratio), Altersabhängigkeitsquotient (age dependency ratio). (various references)

   

Italian

  

rapporto età persone a carico (age dependency ratio), rapporto di dipendenza in base all'età (age dependency ratio), indice di dipendenza (age dependency ratio). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

razão de dependência etária (age dependency ratio), razão de dependência (age dependency ratio). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tasa de inactividad por edades (age dependency ratio), relación de dependencia por edades (age dependency ratio), razón de dependencia por la edad (age dependency ratio), razón de dependencia (age dependency ratio). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DEPENDENCY RATIO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-y"

-4 letters: codependent, deprecation, depreciated, depredation, interdepend, nondirected.

-5 letters: copyedited, decryption, dedicatory, dependance, dependency, deprecated, depreciate, encryption, indecenter, interceded, interocean, nonreceipt, penetrance, perennated, pertinence, pertinency, predicated, preenacted, reanointed, rededicate, repentance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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