Direction: Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions -

The given pie chart illustrates seven different categories of households living in poverty in the UK in 2002.

It is clearly evident from the pie chart that 26% of the total poverty-stricken households are those of single parents. Single people without children account for the second highest proportion with 24%. In contrast to couples without children which accounts for just 9%, couples with children account for 15% of poor households. Single-aged persons and aged couples account for 12% together for poor households.

Overall, 14% of all households in the UK were living in poverty. The younger generation had a greater poor percentage than their aged counterparts. Couples without children had better economic conditions than those with children.