The pie chart shows the types of families living in poverty in the UK in 2002.
Overall, 14% of all households were poor. Single-parent families had the biggest share at 26%, followed by single people without children at 24%. Couples with children accounted for 15%, which was noticeably lower than the figure for single parents.
For families without children, couples were less affected, with only 9% living in poverty. This figure was much lower than single individuals without children, showing a clear contrast between these two groups. Among older people, single aged individuals made up 7%, while aged couples represented the lowest proportion at just 5%. This highlights that elderly couples were the least likely to face poverty.
To summarize, single-parent families and single individuals, both with and without children, experienced the highest levels of poverty, while couples, especially elderly ones, had the lowest poverty rates in the UK in 2002.
