Which of the following statements about the dependency ratio is correct?

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Dependency ratios can only be high if youth populations are larger than working age populations.

Dependency ratios can only be high if youth populations are larger than working age populations.

Dependency ratios represent the future challenges for some countries that have high crude birth rates.

Dependency ratios represent the future challenges for some countries that have high crude birth rates.

Dependency ratios provide governments with the justification to build more boarding schools and nursing homes.

Dependency ratios provide governments with the justification to build more boarding schools and nursing homes.

Dependency ratios help to understand the possible financial burden incurred by working people.

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The correct statement about the dependency ratio is:

Dependency ratios help to understand the possible financial burden incurred by working people.

Dependency ratios measure the ratio of dependents (people typically not in the labor force, such as children and the elderly) to the working-age population, indicating the potential economic burden on the productive portion of the population.