Task 1: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below shows the proportion of different categories of families living in poverty in Australia in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make compari v.3

The table provided illustrates the percentage of various types of poor family living in Australia in 1999. Overall, it is clear from the information supplied that the Australian sole parent accounted for the largest share while the aged couple was the minimum in 1999. As can be seen from the table that in 1999 by far the greatest proportion of poor household type was the sole parent, at 21%. Following with just 2% lower was the single one with no children. Nearly less than a half as much, namely 12% came from the couple with children. The single aged person and the couple with no children accounted for virtually the same percentage, being 6% and 7% respectively. The minority of families living in poverty was the aged couple, at only 4%, and the number of all different categories of poor families was 1837000 in total, stood at 11% comparing to the whole types of households.