The provided table demonstrates the variety of family types among impoverished Australian households in 1999.
Overall, there were six kinds of poor family in Australia, occupying just over one tenth of the total population (1,837,000 people). In addition, the majority of people who living in poverty came from single parent families while the opposite was true for elderly couples.
Regarding to the data for the proportions of impoverished people from sole parent household, single people, and nuclear families, they were the top three household types in Australia living in poverty. In detail, about 232,000 poor people lived in families with one of their parents. Besides, nearly 19% people living alone without any children and 12% people living with their spouse and children were not wealthy.
In terms of the last 3 categories, unrich child-free couples took up the highest proportion, comprising 7%. Compared to young people, the percentage of deprived elder citizens was lower when just about 6% single seniors were poor and only 48,000 old married people suffered financial problems.
