摘 要: | With the old dependency ratio growing for the firsttime to 13% and aging index reaching 46%,population aging hit a record high in Taiwan. If this momentum continues unabated, the aged will outnumber the young in ten years, according toestimates of local authorities. By that time, fourworking-age Taiwanese will have to support one old folk. The aging index, a result of the number of peopleaged 65 and over dividing that of people aged 14 and below, is an indicator showing the extent ofpopulati…
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