The pie chart illustrates the percentage of different types of families living in poverty in the UK in 2002.
Overall, single parents experienced the highest level of poverty, while aged couples had the lowest proportion. Families with children were generally more likely to live in poverty than those without children.
According to the chart, single parents made up the largest proportion, accounting for 26% of people living in poverty. Single adults without children were the second largest group at 24%. Couples with children represented 15%, while couples without children accounted for 9%.
In terms of older people, single aged persons made up 7% of those in poverty, whereas aged couples had the smallest percentage at only 5%.
Meanwhile, all households together represented 11% overall. This shows that poverty affected some family types much more seriously than others, especially single-parent families.
