By using national survey data, this report explores the social location (by age and sex) of immigrants and analyzes how they factor into dependencies and dependency ratio calculations in the United States. We find that, in general, immigrants in the United States are less dependent and therefore make greater socioeconomic contributions in comparison to native-born citizens.
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