dependency ratio 撫養比率

dependency ratio
繁：撫養比率
简：抚养比率

近年生育率下降，日後的撫養比率將會愈來愈高，養兒也難以防老，這一代確有必要為老年的財務需要做好準備。

調整理財計劃 防老來窮（2016年11月4日）。信報，取自 http://www2.hkej.com/editorchoice/article/id/1423572/【信報月刊】調整理財計劃+++防老來窮

Demographers base such claims on what’s known as the old-age dependency ratio, a measurement that compares the number of people aged 65 and above with those of working age – usually between 20 and 64.

Old at 65? Not in the 21st century. (2014, November 24). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1647786/old-65-not-21st-century