The table depicts comparison on different types of families regarding the percentage of poverty in Australia in 1999
Overall, it is evident that elderly people in Australia were attributed to the least proportion of poverty among all. Conversely, it is also noticeable that Australians who are single made up the most percentage of destitution.
Looking at the information in more detail, the total of Australians who lived below the poverty line was 1,837,000, accounting for 11%. Additionally, the figures for single people and couples who are elderly were fairly low with 6% and 4% respectively. Following that came with the proportion of Australian couples, couples who had children were poorer than those who did not, with 12% and 7% proportionally. Finally, the single people in Australia were the poorest among all types, whereas there were 359,000 people who had no children made up the percentage of 19%, 21% of sole parents accounted for by far the most destitute type with 933,000 people living a life which is difficult. .
