The proportion of people from each household type living in poverty

The pie chart shows the proportion of people from each household type living in poverty in UK in 2002.

The pie chart represents the data on various types of families who were poor in the UK in 2002 by percentage.

Looking at the chart, sole parents with poverty came the top with 26%, followed by 24% of needy single individuals who did not have any child at all. In contrast, the figure for spouse with children was a lot lower which was 15%.

As far as the remains are concerned with more details, there were merely 5% of old couples who experienced poverty which is the lowest percentage, while the proportion for those but no husband, wife or children reached 2% more than that. Lastly, the couples with no children accounted for 9%. Altogether, all kinds of households were estimated to get 14% which has a considerable portion in the chart.

Overall, it is clear to see that sole parent was the type of households whose people lived in poverty the most. Nevertheless, aged couples seemingly did not have the tendency to be needy a lot with the smallest percentage.