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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 milion people, were in this position. However, those consiting 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 houshold with children, a higher than average propotion were living in poverty at this time.
Older people were generally less likely to be poor, though once again the trend favoured elderly couples (only 4%) rather than single elderly people (6%).
Overall the table suggests that households of single adults and those with childern were more likely to be living in poverty than those consiting of couples.
TASK 1, WRITING TEST 4, IELTS 6. The charts show the information about the number of marriages and divorces in the USA from 1970 to 2000 and the marital status of adults in America in 1970 and 2000. In the first chart, the number of marriages remained at 2,5 millions from 1970 to 1980. After that, there was a gradual fall in the number of marriages in the USA from 2,5 millions in 1980 to 2 millions in 2000. The number of divorces improved slightly from 1 million in 1970 to about 1,4 millions in 1980 and then decreased steadily to 1 million in 2000. During the period, the number of marriages was nearly 2 times as much as that of divorces. In the second chart, there was an increase in the percentage of adults who never married from 15% in 1970 to 20% in 2000. The percentage of adults who married dropped by about more than 10% from 70% in 1970 to nearly 60% in 2000. At the same time, people who widowed made up approximately 8% in 1970 and then fell to about 5%