Table 2 Coping strategies grouped and ranked by FGDs and KII.
| Â | Coping mechanisms | Focused group discussion and key informative ranking for each individual behavior | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
META FG-1 | SIBA FG-2 | Average mean | Consensus ranking after KII | ||
1 | Cutting down meat consumption | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 4 |
2 | Sending children to urban | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
3 | Selling of asset and others materials | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4 |
4 | Engage in petty retailing of items | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 |
5 | Seasonal migration/mobility for labor | 3.5 | 4 | 3.75 | 4 |
6 | Borrowing money | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 |
7 | Selling fire wood and charcoal | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 |
8 | Employing their children for others person | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 |
9 | Relying on less preferred and less expensive foods | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 |
10 | Dropping of children from school | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
11 | Reduction in consumption expenditures | 4 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 |
12 | Moving from agriculture and becoming daily laborer | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 |
13 | Purchase of food by credit | 3 | 5 | 4.0 | 4 |
14 | Skip entire day without food | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 |
15 | Reducing meals | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 4 |
16 | Migrating (particularly to Middle East and may include vulnerable jobs) | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
17 | Consuming alcohols | 2 | 5 | 3.5 | 4 |
18 | Timbering | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
19 | Begging | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 |