The bar chart shows poverty rates by sex and age. They are from the United States in 2008.

The given bar chart provides information on the proportion of

poverty

by gender and

age

in the United States in 2008.

Overall

, it can be seen that the ratio of

poverty

was higher in women than in men across all ages.

Additionally

, the younger population (below the

age

of 34) experienced a significantly higher

poverty

rate than the rest,

whereas

middle

age

groups were less likely to suffer from

poverty

, followed by the older population aged 60

years

and above. With regards to gender, the greatest difference was seen in people aged 75

years

and above, of which the proportion of

poverty

in women almost doubled than those in men, accounting for 8% for women and 14% for men respectively.

In contrast

, a relatively minor difference of less than 1% in

poverty

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rate was found in people aged below 17 for both sexes. In terms of

age

groups, young adults below the

age

of 34 had the highest

poverty

rate, ranging from 10% to 20%. Oppositely, the percentage of

poverty

among middle-aged adults (aged 35 to 59

years

) was the lowest, accounting for 7% to 12%. Interestingly, the

poverty

ratio among older adults aged 60

years

and above was somewhere in the middle, accounting for 8% to 14% for both genders.