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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ratio of workers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the proportion of workers in relation to another variable, such as the number of tasks or resources.
Example: "The company has maintained a ratio of workers to tasks that ensures efficiency in project completion."
Alternatives: "a proportion of workers" or "a comparison of workers".
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Lastly, assume that producing each $1 of apparel takes a ratio of workers to professionals twice as high as producing each $1 of aircraft that is, apparel is the more labor-intensive business.
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Instead of a ratio of 2.8 workers to 1, the system today has an economic capacity that is closer to 4 workers for every beneficiary.
Yet, for more than four years, this nation has tolerated levels of unemployment that have essentially made it impossible for most of those seeking paid employment to find it, with a ratio of unemployed workers to job openings of more than three to one.
A ratio of 250 workers to 25 managers is usually about right (there is one manager who you cannot get rid of, so that means hiring 24 managers to make 25).
Neither financial openness nor changes of political regime seem to matter much, but a large ratio of workers to dependents reduces the odds of a slowdown.
A hard Brexit with deep cuts to immigration would force Britons into longer working lives in order to maintain a sustainable ratio of workers and pensioners, according to modelling conducted for the Guardian.
Interestingly, establishments with a higher ratio of workers aged 55 59 in 2003 tended to decrease the number of workers aged 60 or older in 2008.
Europe is expected to reach a 2 1 ratio of workers to pensioners by 2060 which is partly why many are looking to robots to help an ageing population cope.
But because of the country's extreme birth dearth, by mid-century the average Japanese would need to work until age 83 to keep a constant ratio of workers to retirees.
Ministry of Health data show that in 2008, more housewives tested HIV-positive than sex workers, with a ratio of 1 sex worker for every five housewives.
Ministry of Health data reveal that in 2010, more housewives tested HIV-positive than sex workers, with a ratio of 1 sex worker for every 13 housewives.
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