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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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The given table compares the
amount
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 of people living in
the
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poverty
 in six different types of
family
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families
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 in Australia during the year
of
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1999. From the given table,
it is clear that
 the total percentage of
Australian
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Australians
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 in six different family types that lived in
the
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poverty
 was 11%, with the sole parent as the highest proportion and aged couple as the lowest. During the given period, the sole parent category (21%)
has
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 the highest percentage of
family type
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families
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 that lived in
poverty
. Followed
with
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by
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sole
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 parent category (21%) as the
second,
and the single individuals with no children (19%) as the third.
On the contrary
, the couple with no children (7%) was one of the categories with the least proportion living in
poverty
,
along with
 the single aged person (6%).
Lastly
, aged couple was the least family type that lived in
poverty
, with
the
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 percentage of only 4%.
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Conclusion: The conclusion is too long.
Vocabulary: Replace the words poverty with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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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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