ANALISIS HUBUNGAN ANTARA PERTUMBUHAN PENDUDUK DAN DEPENDENCY RATIO DENGAN PERTUMBUHAN EKONOMI KOTA SEMARANG PADA TAHUN 1986-2008

Economic growth is dependent on many factors, economic and noneconomic factors. Demographics are one of non economics factors that effect economic growth. Semarang as the capital province of central java has fluctuating in economic growth. In 2008, the economic growth of Semarang was 3,78% while the growth of central java on averaged for 5,46%.The objective of the study is to analyze the association between population growth and the dependency ratio. Descriptive statistics and correlation were used to analyze the data of time series from 1986 to 2008.Research results showed that population growth is positively correlated weak at 0,424 for the rate of economic growth in Semarang. Furthormore the dependency ratio is negatively correlated strongly at - 0,937 for Semarang