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14 Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results2.2 Age CompositionAge is one of the basic demographic characteristics of a population. Age data are useful fordemographic analysis and for various types of socio-economic development planning. Theage-sex structure of a population is usually depicted graphically by a population pyramid. It isdetermined by the effects of past fertility, mortality and migration.Though age data have many uses, it is usually very difficult to obtain reliable data on age indeveloping countries. This is mainly due to high illiteracy, which limits individuals’ awarenessand capacity to record their children’s and their own age. Moreover, the lack of a complete andsound vital registration system has a negative impact on the quality of age data. As Ethiopia isnot an exception, the difficulty of obtaining reliable age information in surveys and censuses is acommon challenge. To mitigate this problem, alternative methods, such as using lists of historicalevents, have been used to assist respondents and enumerators in estimating a person’s age.Despite these obstacles, the accuracy of age reporting in the 2007 Census seems to haveimproved from that of 1994. A detailed evaluation of age data will be provided in the analyticalreports; for now the distributions of the population by age are presented.The broad base of the population pyramid depicted below shows that a significant proportionof the national population is below age 15 (Figure 2.1), a pattern also observed in 1994 census(Figure 2.2).Figure 2.1: Age Pyramid of Population ofFigure 2.1: Population Pyramid Country of Ethiopia: Total: 200775+70-7465-6960-6455-5950-5445-4940-4435-3930-3425-2920-2415-1910-145-090-0420 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20
Summary and Statistical Report of the 2007 Population and Housing Census Results 15Figure 2. 2: Population Pyramid of Ethiopia: 1994Figure 2. 2: Age Pyramid of Population of Country Total: 199475+70-7465-6960-6455-5950-5445-4940-4435-3930-3425-2920-2415-1910-145-090-0420 15 10 5 0 5 10 15 20The distribution of the national population by broad age groups depicted in Figure 2.3 showsthat the proportion of young population under age 15 has declined from 49.8 percent in 1984 to45.0 percent in 2007. Conversely, the proportion of population in the working age group 15-64has increased from 50.2 percent in 1984 to 51.9 percent in 1994. The proportion of populationaged 65 years and over was 3.4 percent in 1984 and remained constant at 3.2 percent both in1994 and 2007 Censuses. In general, there was no significant change percentage-wise in thepopulation of elder persons between 1984,1994 and 2007 .
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