Q- What is age composition? How does it affect the population’s social and economic structure?
Answer- Age composition of a population refers to the number of people in different age groups in a country.
Age composition affects the population’s social and economic structure by the following ways:
1. Age composition is the most basic characteristics of population.
2. To an important degree, a person’s age influences what he need, buys, does and his capability to perform.
3. Consequently the number and percentage of a population found within the children, working age and aged groups are notable determinants of the population’s social and economic structure.