The age dependency ratio - the ratio of the young and the aged to people of age 15 to 64 - dropped from 438 per 1000 in 1987 to 398 per 1000 in 1997.

• 抚养比率(即年幼及年老人士与15岁至64岁人口的比率)，由一九八七年的千分之四三八降至一九九七年的千分之三九八。