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. You should write at least 150 words. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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.

You should write at least 150 words.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The chart gives information about
percentage
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the percentage
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of poor families in Australia during 1999.
Overall
, it can be clearly seen that the highest proportion of poverty
achieved
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was achieved
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at types
such
as sole parent and single without children,
while
single aged
people
and aged couples had the lowest one. Single
people
amounted
the
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to the
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greatest percentage in considering
statistic
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statistics
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: 21%-sole parents and 19%-who do not have children.
However
, single aged persons were just 6% of all. Couples had better results
comparing
Wrong verb form
compared
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with lonely
people
. Two humans with babies constituted 12%,
what
Correct pronoun usage
which
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was equal to 933000
people
and couples, which did not have children reached
to
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apply
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7%. The smallest proportion was 4%, which aged pairs had.
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