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The table gives a breakdown of the different types of family who were living in poverty in Australia in 1999.

On average, 11% of all households, comprising almost two million people were in this position. However, those consisting of only one parent or a single adult had almost double this proportion of poor people with 21% and 19% respectively.

Couples generally tended to be better off with lower poverty levels for couples without children (7%) than those with children (12%). It is noticeable that for both types of household with children, a higher than average proportion were living in poverty at this time.

Older people were generally less likely to be poor, though once again this trend favoured elderly couples (only 4%) rather than single elderly people (6%).

Overall, the table suggests that households or single adults and those with children were more likely to be living in poverty than those consisting of couples.