Age Structures in Mexico and Sweden Age structure
refers to the percentage of the population in different age (1)
______Mexico’s age structure is quite different from Sweden’s in
(1) ______ that the former is like a (2)
______with a wider base. In Sweden, the age (2)
______ structure is shaped like a rectangle, which results from a(n) (3)
______ (3) ______ birth rate and low death
rate in early and middle age. In Mexico, the population is expanding rapidly.
In Sweden, the population is stable in size with a(n) (4) ______distribution.
(4) ______ The Effects of Different Age
Structures.. —Age structures affects population
growth: a) A country with a larger percentage of people at the
bottom of the pyramid will have a (5) ______population
growth rate.
(5) ______ b) a larger proportion of women of (6)
______age results in a faster (6)
______ population growth. —Age structure
affects (7) ______:
(7) ______ 1) a larger percentage of people of (8)
______, age means more wealth (8) ______
and higher standard of living. 2) a larger
proportion of children is responsible for more expenditure on
(9) ______to achieve the same standards.
(9) ______ 3) the (10) ______rate is likely to be
higher for jobs will have to be (10) ______
found for a larger number of graduates.