此外，贫困可以也应该用除了钱以外的诸多标准衡量：寿命预期、教育程度、健康以及各种其他人类“机能和能力”指标（阿玛蒂亚·森语）都很重要。
Furthermore, poverty can and should be measured by many metrics other than money: life expectancy, educational attainment, health, and various other measures of human “functionings and capabilities” (as Amartya Sen calls them) are all important.