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Table 6. Modules of household questionnaire for panel database to measure vulnerability to poverty and its link to food security
Questionnaire module

Variables

Contribution to food
security studies

1

General survey
information

Geographic location, household
headship, decision making

2

Household
characteristics

Size, composition and
dynamics, education, health
conditions; diversity of the
household production system

Anthropometric measures

3

Shocks experienced
during past five years
and perceived risks
for the next 5 years

Type, timing, duration, scope,
severity, consequence, ex post
coping measures, covariance,
subjective assessment of risk
and well-being; type, frequency,
severity, consequence of
expected risks and ex ante
mitigation measures; seasonal
and permanent labor migration

Causes of food insecurity
and coping strategies

4

Land, agriculture and
natural resources

Land size and ownership status, Food availability
land value, crop and livestock
technology and production, selfconsumption, productivity, costs,
returns, timing and extent of
natural resource extraction

5

Off-farm employment
including wage labor

Type, contractual arrangements, Food access
location, travel costs, job
acquisition costs, duration of
work, wage and fringe benefits

6

Non-farm selfemployment including
cottage industries

Type, investment, costs and
returns

Food access

7

Borrowing, lending,
public and other
transfers and
insurance

Type, sources, contractual
arrangements, conditions
amounts, payment frequencies

Food access and stability

8

Household
consumption

Food and non-food items, other
expenditures

Food access and utilization

9

Assets

Purchase value depreciation
and service life

Food access and coping
capacity

Source: based on Hardeweg, Klasen, and Waibel (2013).

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