Around 11% of the population which accounted for 1837000 people in Australia lived in poverty in 1999. Among all households, aged couples were the least hit by poverty as only 4% of these citizens have been classified in this category. Next to the aged couple, come single-aged people, 6% or 54, 000 of them are poor. Those couples who don't have children seem to be less affected by paucity of money as only 7% of these people are impoverished, much lesser than those with couples who have children and figuring lying around 12% or 933000. They constitute the greatest proportion of poor people in the country owing to the fact of occupying major part in the overall population. Contrary to the expectation, a high percentage of single people (19%) with no children live in poverty. Household worst affected by poverty is the one constituted of sole parents, among whom almost 21% can't afford basic life amenities. One plausible explanation of the above pattern can be, with couples household expenses, work is divided which is difficult with single people. Adding to this reasoning, sole parents having additional expenditure for children find it more difficult to manage their finances.
Around 11% of the population which accounted for 1837000
people
in Australia
lived
in
poverty
in 1999. Among all households, aged
couples
were the least hit by
poverty
as
only
4% of these citizens have
been classified
in this category.
Next
to the aged
couple
,
come
single-aged
people
, 6% or 54, 000 of them are poor. Those
couples
who don't have
children
seem to be less
affected
by paucity of money as
only
7% of these
people
are impoverished
, much lesser than those with
couples
who have
children
and figuring lying around 12% or 933000. They constitute the greatest proportion of poor
people
in the country owing to the fact of occupying major part in the
overall
population. Contrary to the expectation, a high percentage of single
people
(19%) with no
children
live
in
poverty
. Household worst
affected
by
poverty
is the one constituted of sole parents, among whom almost 21% can't afford basic life amenities. One plausible explanation of the above pattern can be, with
couples
household expenses, work
is divided
which is difficult with single
people
. Adding to this reasoning, sole parents having additional expenditure for
children
find it more difficult to manage their finances.