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O-LevelEconomicsEconomic development2281/11 · May/June 2023 · Q251 Mark

Other things being equal, what will cause a population both to increase and to age?

Afall in the birth rate
Bfall in the death rate
Crise in both the birth rate and the death rate
Drise in the death rate and a fall in the birth rate

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B: fall in the death rate

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Economic development, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2023 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 25.

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