Information and IdeasHardInference from population and households
Information and Ideas practice question
The town's population fell by a fifth between 2001 and 2011, but the number of households rose. A demographer could reasonably infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. households became smaller, with fewer people living in each.Correct
- B. many houses stood empty.
- C. the town's area grew.
- D. the population later recovered.
Answer: A. households became smaller, with fewer people living in each.
Fewer people, more households.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. many houses stood empty.
- More households means more homes occupied, not empty.
- C. the town's area grew.
- Nothing about area.
- D. the population later recovered.
- Nothing after 2011.
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