The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

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The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

The table provides information about poverty levels in Australia in 1999. It is noticeable that single people had higher level of poverty in comparison to the other categories.

First of all, aged people had the lowest rate among poor peoples, 6% for single aged couple and 4% for aged couple. Whereas on the other hand, sole parent were more probable to be poor, so that they had 21% of total people living at poverty line.

The second highest rate in poverty belonged to single no children (19%), while in contrast, couple no children with 7% of proportion of poverty were the third lowest rate. In addition, the percentage of poverty in couple with children (21%) was greater compared to couple with no children.

Taking into account all the provided information, 11% of Australians were living in poverty line. Besides, the highest and the lowest poverty rates appertained to sole parent and aged couple respectively.

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