"Figure 17: Persistent poverty rate by household adult composition, 2008 to 2015, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Percentage population" "","" "Year","Single adult","Single parent","2+ adults","2+ adults with children" "2008","14.5","30.1","5.7","7.0" "2009","14.1","23.7","6.0","5.3" "2010","16.2","20.5","5.3","4.1" "2011","17.2","21.1","5.3","2.8" "2012","15.9","18.4","5.5","7.2" "2013","15.1","23.3","6.2","5.2" "2014","12.6","15.1","3.8","5.6" "2015","15.4","19.7","4.7","5.2"