Main components

Sub-components

Explanation of sub-components

Survey question source

Source potential

Potential limitations

Food

Percent of households that have not gone to their local government, or NGO for assistance in the past 12 months.

Percentage of households that reported that they have not asked their local government or NGO for any assistance in the past 12 months.

In the past 12 months, have you or someone in your family gone to your community leader for help?

Adapted from WHO/RBM

(2003) in [14] .

Reliance on self-reported visits to government; Recall bias (more likely to remember going to government for dire issues).

Percent of households dependent on family farm for food.

Percentage of households that get their food primarily from their personal farms.

Where does your family get most of its food?

Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire.

Subjective definition of “most”.

Average number of months households struggle to find food (range: 0 - 12).

Average number of months households struggle to obtain food for their family.

Does your family have adequate food the whole year, or are there times during the year that your family does not have enough food?

How many months a year does your family have problems getting enough food?

Adapted from World Bank (1997) in [14] .

Subjective definition of “struggle’’; Reliance on self-reported number of months; May not reflect the overall trend of food scarcity (Respondents most likely to remember current year).

Average Crop Diversity Index (range: >0 - 1)¹.

The inverse of (the number of crops grown by a household +1). e.g., A household that grows pumpkin, maize, beans, and cassava will have a Crop Diversity Index = 1/(4 + 1) = 0.20.

What kind of crops does your household grow?

Adapted from World Bank (1997) in [14] .

No specification regarding the seasonality of crops.

Percent of households that do not save crops/seed.

Percentage of households that do not save crops

or seed from each harvest.

Does your family save some of the crops you harvest to eat during a different time of year?

Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire.

Does not count families that sell crops and save money.

Percent of households that do not save seeds.

Percentage of households that do not have seeds from year to year.

Does your family save seeds to grow the next year?

Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire.

No specification regarding the year in question.

Natural Disasters

and Climate

Variability

Average number of flood, or drought, events in the past 6 years (range: 0 - 7).

Total number of floods, droughts, and that were reported by households

in the past 6 years.

How many times has this area been affected by a flood/drought in 2010-2013?

Adapted from Williamsburg

Emergency Mgmt. (2004) in [14] . Household Natural Hazards Preparedness Questionnaire.

Subjective definition of “warning”.

Percent of households that did not receive a warning about the pending natural disasters.

Percentage of households that did not receive a warning about the most severe flood, drought, event in the past 6 years.

Did you receive a warning about the flood/drought before it happened?

Adapted from Williamsburg

Emergency Mgmt. (2004) in [14] .

Recall bias (severe injuries are most likely to be remembered).

Percent of households with an injury or death as a result of the most severe natural disaster in the past 6 years.

Percentage of households that reported either an injury to or death of one of their family members as a result of the most severe flood or drought in the past 6 years.

Was anyone in your family injured in the flood/drought? Did anyone in your family die during the flood/drought?

Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire.

Recall bias (severe injuries are most likely to be remembered).