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You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Write at least 150 words. Writing 31 Family type Proportion of people from each household type living in poverty single aged person 6% (54,000) aged couple 4% (48,000) single, no children 19% (359,000) couple, no children 7% (211,000) sole parent 21% (232,000) couple with children 12% (933,000) all households 11% (1,837,000)

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. Write at least 150 words. Writing 31 Family type Proportion of people from each household type living in poverty single aged person 6% (54,000) aged couple 4% (48,000) single, no children 19% (359,000) couple, no children 7% (211,000) sole parent 21% (232,000) couple with children 12% (933,000) all households 11% (1,837,000)
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Given table shows the information
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of
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 family types in
Austrailia
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Australia
 in 1999, and
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proportion
given
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 as a percentage.
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description
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above given
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 chart.
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parent family was
most
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 common(21 %) type and unmarried
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 slightly less (19%) than sole parents.
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 usual families,
couples
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and couples
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children
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 type in that year and as a percentage that
propotion
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proportion
 was 12%. Group of members who live as
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one family had taken only 11% in 1999. There wasn't
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 gap between married
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aged
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people
 and as amount 359000 and 54000 were the amount respectively. Aged
people
 who live as couples were only 48000 and 4% was the percentage.
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Austrilia
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Australia
 sole
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parent
 was very popular and aged couples were the less family type in 1999.
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