SECTION TWO

Percentage of households survival deficit - Household Economy Approach

Definition/RATION/ALE – what does it measure? (max 2 lines)

The total food and cash income required to cover the food and non-food items necessary for survival in the short term. It includes (1) 100% of minimum food energy needs; (2) the costs associated with food preparation and consumption; and (3) where applicable, the cost of water for human consumption.

Methodology for collection – How to collect information for indicator (max 4 lines).

  • • HEA has a standard approach to collecting and analyzing data (HEA Guidelines)
  • • The first step is the baseline with three components, livelihood zoning, weather breakdown, analysis of livelihood strategies.

Methodology for analysis – How to analyse (Max 4 lines)
Visual demonstrations for thresholds
How to interpret: Urban v. rural, gender

  • • Outcome analysis is used to understand the effects of a hazard on access to food and income; consisting of three steps
  • • Problem specification: Translation of the hazard into economic consequences at the household level
  • • Analysis of coping capacity: Capacity of household in different wealth groups to cope with the hazard
  • • Projected outcome: Predicted access to food and income at household level for a defined future period is compared to two thresholds: the survival and livelihood protection thresholds.
  • • Examine the survival thresholds as percentage deficit of minimum food energy needs (2,100 kcals) plus the costs associated with food prep plus expenditure on water for human consumption.
  • • The outcome is displayed in a bar chart, with lines illustrating the livelihood and survival thresholds.

Notes on indicator –
What does the indicator not tell us.
How long is it reliable for?

  • • The HEA, including the survival deficit, fails to identify the specific causes of vulnerability that are related to gender dynamics within households.
  • • Duration of the reliability for percentage of HHs protection deficit varies by shock type and HH resilience.

When to use it/when not to use it:

  • • Best to have the livelihood profiles conducted prior to the onset of a shock.
  • • Updating the HH survival deficit is best done after a shock and seasonally.

Core: Y/N

No

IPC Categories:

Food Consumption outcome

M&E: IMPACT, OUTCOME, OUTPUT, PROCESS

Outcome

Recall?

30 days

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