Number: RL32981
Title: Age Dependency Ratios and Social Security Solvency
Authors: Laura B. Shrestha, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Trends and projections of dependency ratios, including the relationship between both older (years 65 and older) and younger (under age 20) dependents to the working-age population in the United States are considered in the first section of this demographic report. Next, the United States is compared to nine other nations, including the seven other members of the G8.4 In the final section, policy implications of the changing dependent-toworker ratios are considered in the context of pay-as-you-go (paygo) social security systems.
Pages: 17
Date: October 27, 2006