The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table compares the percentage of varying types of households that lived in poverty in Australia in 1999.
It is noticeable that the sole parents were the poorest group followed by the second poorest category, singles that had no children, while the two groups (aged couple and single aged person) were by far the least deprived types among all groups in 1999. The remaining two categories took up the average proportions compared to the highest and lowest family types.
In 1999, the group, sole parent, made up the most percentage in terms of living in poverty at 21%, which was slightly hig...
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