The pie chart shows the percentage of 7 types of households, living in poverty in the UK in 2002.
Overall, the chart gives information about the proportion of people from 7 types of families, including single aged persons, aged couples, singles and couples without children, sole parents, couples with children, and all households in the UK, living in poverty. sole parents formed the majority of those having economic issues, while aged couples had the least economic problems and a limited proportion of this group were in poverty.
To begin with, the rate of poverty among sole parents and singles without children was high, at 26% and 24% respectively. After these groups, 15% of couples with children experienced living in poverty, which was 1% higher than the rate of poverty in all households. Meanwhile, the rate of poverty among couples with out children, single aged persons, and aged couples were under 10 %, at 9%, 7%, and 5% respectively.