| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In 1901, the proportion of older persons (aged 65 years and over) was 4.0% and remained around that level until the end of World War I. This proportion doubled to 8.0% by the 1947 census, reflecting the slow growth of the younger population during the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II. This slow growth can be attributed to factors such as delayed marriage and childbearing, leading to
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