The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.
The table gives information about
poverty
rates among six types of households in Australia in the year 1999.
It is noticeable that levels of Use synonyms
poverty
were higher for single Use synonyms
people
than for couples, and Use synonyms
people
with children were more likely to be poor than those without. Use synonyms
Poverty
rates were considerably lower among elderly Use synonyms
people
.
Use synonyms
Overall
, 11% of Australians, or 1,837,000 Linking Words
people
, were living in Use synonyms
poverty
in 1999. Aged Use synonyms
people
were the least likely to be poor, with Use synonyms
poverty
levels of 6% and 4% for single-aged Use synonyms
people
and aged couples respectively.
Just over one-fifth of single parents were living in /Use synonyms
poverty
, Use synonyms
whereas
only 12% of parents living with a partner were classed as poor. The same pattern can be seen for Linking Words
people
with no children: Use synonyms
while
19% of single Linking Words
people
in Use synonyms
this
group were living below the Linking Words
poverty
line, the figure for couples was much lower, at only 7%.Use synonyms
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