The table compares how many people were poor in Australia in the year 1999, dividing in six categories in terms of familial circumstances and measured in both numerical values and percentages.
Overall, the largest part of the poverty was observed in sole parent category. It is also clear that, the average number of Australian poor dwellers constituted just above one out of ten of all residents.
To begin with, people who had not spouse were accounted for 46% of all destitute families, making up 359000, 2320000, and 54000 belonged to groups, namely a single(no children), a sole parent, and a single aged person respectively. Interestingly, with the exception of single aged person, both of alone people categories were the highest, standing out 19% and 21% separately.
When it comes to couples’ categories, the group called “aged couple” was the lowest proportion of poor families (48,000). Similarly, the level of non-child family was also less as opposed to other 4 types of households, making up a tiny amount of proportion. By contrast, group of couple with children was as high as third in comparison with non-child family, making up 933,000 poor individuals.