Table 10. Increase in Dependency Ratio 1940 to 1950 Due to Change in 

 Dependents and Change in Working Population 



group. In Coos County the importance of a decline in the working age groups 

 on the dependency ratio was over three times as great as the increase in 

 dependents. In Sullivan County the increase in the dependency ratio was 

 due entirely to an increase in dependents. For the state as a whole there 

 were 64 more dependents per 1,000 of the working age groups between 1940 

 and 1950. The change in the dependents was three times as important as 

 the change in the 20 to 64 age group. In other words the increased ratio 

 was due to an absolute increase in the number of dependents between 1940 

 and 1950. 



Increase in Dependency Ratio Due to Increase in Children or 

 to Increase in Older People 



As the dependency ratio includes both young children and older 

 people as dependents, it is of interest to know which is the more important 

 influence. Table 11 shows the increase in the ratio by counties between 

 1940 and 1950 and the relative importance of increases in the two age groups. 



Table 11. Proportion of Increase in Dependency Ratio in New Hampshire Due to Increases 

 in Persons 65 and Over and in Children to 14 Years — 1940 to 1950 



County 



Belknap 



Carroll 



Cheshire 



Coos 



Grafton 



Hillsboro 



Merrimack 



Rockingham 



Strafford 



Sullivan 



State 



Percent Due 



to 65 Years 



and Over Group 



18 

 42 

 22 

 90 

 60 

 31 

 46 

 6 

 10 

 22 



32 



Percent Due 



to to 14 



Years Group 



82 

 58 

 78 

 10 

 40 

 69 

 54 

 94 

 90 

 78 



68 



11 



