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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The graph illustrates the figures of various types of family households living in poverty in 1999 in Australia.
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, we can distinguish two columns, the first one indicating the different categories of family there is, and the second one gives us information about their poverty rate. As it is shown, the proportion of impoverished houses represents 11%.
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, two out of the six other households have a quite important difficulty rate. In fact, 21% of solo parents live in precarious conditions.
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, children are not necessarily the origin of poverty. Indeed, as the table below shows us, 19% of single people who do not have any children, live in the same conditions as solo parents.
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, couples with children is only12%.
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some have quite high percentages, others are lower.
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, in Australia, 48,000 aged couples live in scarcity among 1,837,000 households in difficulty.
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, single-aged people, living in precarious environments,
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a total of 6%.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • categories
  • families
  • poverty
  • single-parent
  • childcare
  • income
  • couples
  • dependents
  • older adults
  • pensions
  • unemployed
  • financial resources
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