On nursing-home robots, Japan's shrinking population, and the changing nature of who will help their family elders as family sizes shrink
"...and the country has roughly one retiree for every two people of working age."
"The United States is more youthful in many ways (with a ratio of about half as many retirees to working-age people..."
Aren't those figures the same? One for every two, and half as many?
Ah -- good question, and I could have been clearer. The US has about half as many retirees *per* working-age person as Japan does. Japan's "elderly dependency ratio" is 51:100, and the US's is 26:100.
Perfect! Thanks for explaining!
"...and the country has roughly one retiree for every two people of working age."
"The United States is more youthful in many ways (with a ratio of about half as many retirees to working-age people..."
Aren't those figures the same? One for every two, and half as many?
Ah -- good question, and I could have been clearer. The US has about half as many retirees *per* working-age person as Japan does. Japan's "elderly dependency ratio" is 51:100, and the US's is 26:100.
Perfect! Thanks for explaining!