The pie chart depicts the percentage of various types of British families (single-aged persons, aged couples, single without children, couples without children, sole parents, couples with children, and all households) living in poverty in 2002.
Overall, sole parents had the highest proportion of people living in poverty. In contrast, the lowest proportion went for aged couples.
In 2002, the type with the highest percentage was sole parents, accounting for 26%. In addition, singles without children came second to sole parents, with a percentage of 24%. Couples with children and all households shared approximately the same proportion, which was 15% and 14%, respectively.
Furthermore, 9% of British families living in poverty were couples without children. Additionally, both aged couples and single-aged persons had the lowest percentages in comparison to the other categories. 7% of single-aged persons were poor. On the other hand, aged couples were the least category suffering from poverty, accounting for 5%.
