Table 6 Indicators used for constructing the vulnerability to food insecurity index [36]
From: A systematic literature review of indicators measuring food security
Dimension | Indicators | Description of variables |
|---|---|---|
Exposure | Health shock | Illness of income earning member |
Unemployment shock | Job loss | |
Civil conflict shock | Theft of crops, cash, livestock or other Kidnapping/Hijacking/robbery/assault | |
Agro-climatic shock | Poor rain that caused harvest failure Flooding that caused harvest failure | |
Food price shock | Increase in price of major food items consumed | |
Sensitivity | Malnutrition | Length/height-for-age (stunting) |
Child mortality | Total number of children dead in each household | |
Hunger | Number of days’ households gone without eating any food | |
Adaptive capacity | Wealth Index | Household assets used to assess information Mobility assets used in households Livelihood assets own by households Housing structure characteristics |
Access to infrastructure | Household distance to nearest major road (km) Household distance to nearest market (km) Time taken to walk from home to water source (minutes) | |
Livelihood activities | Income from savings, rental of properties and other sources Estimated revenue from non-farm enterprises Total yield of crops harvested (kg) | |
Household literacy | Years of schooling for household heads |