DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK

SOCI2004: Introduction to Population

1. Table 1 provides information on the age and sex composition for the parishes of
St. Andrew and Westmoreland in Jamaica, 1991. Given the data in Table 1,
calculate the following for each parish:
(i) child dependency ratio
(ii) elderly dependency ratio for each parish
(iii) total dependency ratio
(iv) total support ratio for each parish
(v) total adjusted dependency ratio
(vi) Comment on your results

Table 1: Age and sex structure of St. Andrew and Westmoreland, 1991.
Age St. Andrew Westmoreland

groups Males Females Total Males Females Total

0-14 12,923 13,065 25,988 18,171 17,802 35,973

15-19 3,969 3,861 7,830 5,164 4,588 10,652

20-24 3,422 3,530 6,952 4,797 4,353 9,150

15-64 19,447 19,996 39,443 29,388 26,653 56,041

65 and older 2,006 2,310 4,316 4,737 5,080 9,817

Total 34,376 35,371 69,747 52,296 49,535 101,831

Population

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Given the data for Cuba calculate the following.
a. Parental support ratio
b. Aged-child ratio
c. Elderly dependency ratio
d. Comment on your results

Age Population Population

1950 2010
0-14 2,094,845 1,990,016
15-19 508,466 772,146
15-64 347,1467 813,344
50-64 56,4067 1,890,634
65+ 28,4053 1,420,424
60-74 340,252 144,4015
80+ 33,438 302,674
Total 5,850,365 11,513,784
Population