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The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.
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These data sources clearly
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 the
poverty
 rates of six household types in Australia in 1999.
Overall
, levels of
poverty
 were higher for single
people
 than for couples, and
people
 with
children
 were more likely to be poor than those without. The lowest
poverty
 rate was
elderly
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people
. There was around 11%
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of Australia
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Australia
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Australian
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 citizens, or 1,837,000
people
, were living in
poverty
 in 1999. Aged
people
 were the least likely to be poor, with
poverty
 levels of 6% and 4% for
single
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the single
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 aged
person
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persons
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 and aged
couple
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couples
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, individually. Single
people
 without
children
 and sole
parent
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parents
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 and
couple
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couples
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had
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children
 made up the majority of households
were
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living in
poverty
, with the figure being around 19%, 21% and approximately 12%, respectively. The percentage
for
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couple
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a couple
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 who have no
children
 were much lower, its figures accounted for only 7%
in
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of
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 all households'
poverty
 rates.
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