The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.
The table gives information about the
poverty
rate among different Australian household groups in 1999.
Overall
, the poverty
rate is significantly lower for couples than for single-person families, with sole parents comprising the highest portion. Moreover
, based on the information provided in the table, there is a positive correlation between having children
and poverty
.
In 1999, 1,837,000 people
were identified to be poor, with 21% of sole parents, or 232,000 single parents. the second group with the highest portion of impoverished people
was single people
without children
, with 19% of people
. Furthermore
, the comparison between families with and without children
suggested the portion of poverty
be 5% higher in households with children
.
Meanwhile, seasoned citizens were proven to be the least poor in society. Elderly couples were allocated to only 4% of the poor, while
the figure for single-aged persons was marginally higher, with 6%, or 54,000 people
, being categorized in this
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