The table depicted the proportion of different categories of families living in
poverty
in Australia in 1999. The family types being investigated are Use synonyms
single aged
persons, aged Add a hyphen
single-aged
couples
, single with no Use synonyms
children
, Use synonyms
couples
with no Use synonyms
children
, sole Use synonyms
parents
and Use synonyms
couples
with Use synonyms
children
. The proportion of people from each household type living in Use synonyms
poverty
is represented both in percentages and numbers in the table.
Single aged Use synonyms
person
and aged Fix the agreement mistake
persons
couples
experienced the least Use synonyms
poverty
with the percentage of 6% and 4% respectively. Single persons with no Use synonyms
children
and sole Use synonyms
parents
have suffered the most in terms of Use synonyms
poverty
with a percentage of 19% and 21% respectively. Use synonyms
On the other hand
, Linking Words
couples
with no Use synonyms
children
and Use synonyms
couples
with Use synonyms
children
are experiencing Use synonyms
similar
percentage of Correct article usage
a similar
poverty
at around 10%.
Use synonyms
By comparison
, aged Linking Words
couples
and aged persons suffered the least in Use synonyms
poverty
Use synonyms
while
single Linking Words
parents
are the worst sufferers of Use synonyms
poverty
in the country. It suggested that the government may need to provide more financial support to single Use synonyms
parents
Use synonyms
while
aged people are more financially independent.Linking Words
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