| Indicators | Measurement scale | Scored 1 | Scored 0 |
| Household food security (HFS) | Food Insecurity Expenditure Scale (FIES) | Food secured | Moderate secured and severely insecure |
| Access to basic services (ABS) | Access to water, sanitation and electricity | Access to all basic services | Absence of any basic services |
| Wealth quintile (WQ) | Wealth index | Middle, high and highest quintile | Lowest and Low quintile |
| Demographics (DGS) | Dependency ratio | Dependency ration less than 51% | More than 51% |
| Social safety net (SSN) | Any government social safety net programme | At least one member under any programme | Absence of any safety net programme |
| Physical connectivity (PC) | Access to television and cell phone | Access to both | Without any access |
| Adaptive capacity (AC) | Level of education and diverse sources of income | At least one household member completed secondary education level and more than two income sources | Absence of both criteria |
| Knowledge and resilience against climate change (KRCC) | Knowledge about climate change, impact on income and livelihoods, received livelihoods training and support | Have knowledge about climate change and have no impact on income and livelihoods, have received livelihoods training and aid for livelihoods | Absence of any of the criteria |