As fertility declines, the proportion of the population comprising children (persons under age 15) also declines, whereas the proportion of the population of working age increases, resulting in a decreasing dependency ratio (defined as the average number of children and elderly persons per 10 persons of working age).

The dependency ratio in the developed world is currently under 5 children and elderly persons per 10 adults of working age but it is rising and is expected to reach 7 by 2050.

However, China has a smaller proportion of children (22 per cent) than India (29 per cent) and China's dependency ratio, that is to say, the number of children and elderly persons per 10 persons of working age, is 4 compared with India's dependency ratio, which is 6.

And the proportion of youth is very high, with a bulging population of young men of military age (15 24 years).

The infection is spread primarily among young, able bodied individuals.

In Viet Nam, education was considered the foundation for the economic empowerment of women.

Maintenance

Between 10 to 22 per cent of the cases seen by these two Centres deal with maintenance.

However, over the long run, the demographic bonus dissipates as the population continues to age and the dependency ratio rises again because of increasing proportions of elderly persons.

E. Dependency allowances

B. Dependency allowances

Protecting youth under age 18 from direct involvement in armed conflict

Dependency allowances (net per annum)

The data show a smaller percentage of deaths occurring in young girls and older women, during the so called high risk years.

According to the latest estimates, women comprise 51 per cent of the population, of which 25 per cent are at an age when they can have children.

Young Japanese tend not to work before their 30 s, and married women stay at home.

While the prevalence rate is 2.7 for men aged 45 49, it increases to 24 by the age of 80 years.

The proportion of persons with disabilities increases with age, particularly among persons over 45.

France simply had a higher percentage of young people who were full time students.

If the person fails to perform the duty to provide maintenance, the court will order maintenance to be paid as of the submission of the claim.

We want a world in which young people do not die before the age of 20 where young people are able to read and have decent work with a decent salary.

The balance of men and women, however, is absent in the internal party hierarchy average 16 of board members of political parties were women four out of 19 boards of political parties did not include any women and five had only one woman (data of 4 March 2002, Tiina Raitviir, Eesti naised poliitilise võimu juures Estonian women at political power , Ariadne Lõng, 1 2, 2002).

In young adults, up to 20 of all cases of sudden death are due to myocarditis.

The recent years have witnessed a significant rise in internet penetration, particularly among young people in Lebanon.

For young people from low income homes it is common to drop out of school at an early age.

The main focus group consists of young adults of both sexes from the age of 15.

The disease has a definite tendency to affect younger individuals, typically appearing before the age of 40, with a study in 1922 reporting that 70 of cases display symptoms before the age of 20, and 85 before 35.

We also know from studies that being unemployed when young affects one's future opportunities in the labour market.

The Muslim population is mostly young 42 of Muslims are under the age of 15.

Education and labor policies in all Maghreb countries are under constant pressure from increasingly youthful populations.

Egypt was still seeking, within that strategy, to combat poverty by focusing on reduction of unemployment, support for small and medium enterprises, youth programmes and support for older persons and the disabled.

Aging Metabolic syndrome affects 44 of the U.S. population older than age 50.

At 40 years of age, the lifetime risk for CHD is 50 for men and 33 for women.

Eighty percent of all who attended were women of reproductive age and teenage girls.

Finally, the Panel recommends no award of compensation with respect to the support losses, as it is only the recipients of such support who are able to claim for such losses.

In the Middle East, this exacerbates the problem of creating jobs for ballooning populations of young adults.

More than half of those who are of working age are jobless, according to a new International Labor Organization report.

Therefore, margins of safety might be insufficient to protect especially young men and women in their reproductive age from effects on reproductivity.

If the magistrate convicts the husband, he must fine and or imprison the husband. If the husband is poor, who will pay the fine and maintenance money?

With their emphasis on youth work, many congregations have a high proportion of young people.

Youth constitute almost a third of the total population of the United Republic of Tanzania, and comprise 65 per cent of the labour force.

Public education is mandatory and provided for all, and we have achieved a 93.6 per cent rate of school attendance among young people.

The share of workers under the age of 30 is higher in North Africa and the Middle East than in any other part of the world.

Between ages 55 and 60 men's participation rate is 75.3 , while participation among women is only 43 .

It is usual for young people to leave the Territory at the age of 15 (usually in their third year of secondary schooling) to attend secondary school in New Zealand.