Cheng Li-chen points out that escaping poverty is best defined in the broad sense of economic and psychological empowerment and greater participation in society, rather than in the narrow sense of no longer having low-income household status.
鄭麗珍指出，「脫貧」不是狹義的脫離低收入戶身份，而是廣義的經濟能力、心理能力、社會參與的增加，最後得以脫離貧窮。