The pie chart presents statistical data on the proportion of women living in poverty, categorized by family composition, in the US in 2008, while the bar graph illustrates differences in poverty levels by gender and age in the same year.
Overall, single women were four times more likely to experience poverty than married ones in the year of 2008. It is also evident that poverty rates recorded for females were higher than those of male counterparts in all age cohorts.
Concerning the pie chart, the statistics registered for unmarried women with no dependent child were highest, with data recording a staggering high of 54%, double the corresponding figures for single females with children. In the meantime, married women with and without children represented the remaining proportions, at a combined miniscule one-fifth.
As regards the bar graph, reported poverty rates were greatest amongst young children and teenagers, with the statistics being virtually the same between two sexes, standing at around 20% for those under 5 and 15% for youngsters aged 5-17. Conversely, the discrepancy in poverty levels between males and females further widened in the 18-24 age category, in which women made up a portion of just over a fifth, compared to roughly 14% for men. It is also noticeable that impoverishment rates gradually decreased as people went into adulthood, yet the disparity was significant among the elderly, particularly in the 75-and-over age group where the ratio of poverty between women and men was 2 to 1.