In 1992, a study on literacy of United States a particular illiteracy was associated with law incompetence, with poverty, with welfare, with incarceration.

1992年，一项关于美国人文化素养的研究,文化素养低下与,低下的生活水平，贫困和社会福利，以及监禁有一定关系。

Meanwhile, record numbers of women were living in poverty, according to an analysis of the Census data by the National Women’s Law Center.

同时，根据国家妇女法律中心对人口普查数据的分析显示，贫困女性的数量也达到了新高。

People are not in a position to exercise personal liberty and to be self-determining if they are poverty-stricken, or deprived of basic education, or do not live within a context of law and order.

如果为贫穷而苦恼，或者被剥夺了基础教育，或者没有生活在法律法规的框架下，那么人们就不能拥有个人自由，自主行事。