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[[Population]] ageing is the increase in the number and [[proportion]] of older people in [[society]]. Population ageing has three possible causes: migration, longer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy life expectancy] (decreased [[death]] rate), and decreased [[birth]] rate. Ageing has a significant impact on [[society]]. Young people tend to commit most [[crimes]], they are more likely to push for [[political]] and social [[change]], to develop and adopt new [[technologies]], and to need [[education]]. Older people have different requirements from [[society]] and [[government]] as opposed to young people, and frequently differing [[values]] as well. Older people are also far more likely to [[vote]], and in many countries the young are forbidden from voting. Thus, the aged have comparatively more [[political]] [[influence]].
[[Population]] ageing is the increase in the number and [[proportion]] of older people in [[society]]. Population ageing has three possible causes: migration, longer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy life expectancy] (decreased [[death]] rate), and decreased [[birth]] rate. Ageing has a significant impact on [[society]]. Young people tend to commit most [[crimes]], they are more likely to push for [[political]] and social [[change]], to develop and adopt new [[technologies]], and to need [[education]]. Older people have different requirements from [[society]] and [[government]] as opposed to young people, and frequently differing [[values]] as well. Older people are also far more likely to [[vote]], and in many countries the young are forbidden from voting. Thus, the aged have comparatively more [[political]] [[influence]].
==See also==
*'''''[[Life Extension]]'''''
[[Category: Sociology]]
[[Category: Sociology]]