The provided table illustrates the number of families living in poverty by 6 distinct groups in 1999. Overall, it is apparent that the highest proportion of category was sole parents, although couples with children accounted for the largest number of individuals, contributing half of the total numbers.
Looking at the proportional detail, the percentage of sole parents stood at the highest contributing 21% in 1999. Following this, those who were unmarried and did not give birth were at 19% while these figures showed a noticeable decrease in the next category of couples who had kids at 12%. Additionally, the other remaining three categories of an aged single, aged couple, and couple without children were between 4 and 7 percent
In contrast, the number of couples with children accounted the half of the total households at 933000 which was double the second-highest category of single individuals without kids. Moreover, couples who do not have children and sole parents were almost the same at 211000 and 232000 respectively, while both aged single and couples showed the lowest at each contributing only 54000 and 48000.