The phrase "a state of poverty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition or situation where individuals or communities lack sufficient financial resources to meet basic needs.
Example: "The government has implemented several programs aimed at alleviating a state of poverty in rural areas."
Alternatives: "condition of poverty" or "situation of poverty".
Few people are always in a state of poverty.
In a state of poverty, illiteracy, people just remain exposed to all kinds of manipulation.
"You are talking about nearly half of the population being in a state of poverty," said Radwan, a development economist.
Mr Fogarty died in 2002 in a state of poverty while Mr Hogan, who became a senior Irish trade official, continues to live in his native Dublin.
The Casa Verdi is a House of Rest established by Verdi around 1839 for professional musicians over 65 who find themselves in a state of poverty.
He described liberation theology as a reaction to "a continent in which more than 60% of the population lives in a state of poverty, and 82% of those find themselves in extreme poverty".
The models show that feedbacks between the biological and economic systems can lead to a state of persistent poverty.
Although we were self-sufficient and resourceful and held clear title to our land, we farm people lived in a state of psychological poverty.
Men, women and children tore at their clothes in homage to a man who for 17 years kept his people in a state of isolation, poverty and indoctrination unparalleled in the modern world.
It hasn't helped people get back into work, it hasn't allowed them to get the training they need, and it has kept those who survive on benefits in a state of abject poverty.
"We condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South America into a state of abject poverty and despair," the president said in his State of the Union address this month.
