Variables [Identification]
Vulnerable livelihoods
[S01]
Low Income Households
[502]
Population [504]
Vulnerable Demographics The variable measures sensitivity as the
[S03)
vulnerable demographics conceptualized
as the elderly (>65 years) and infants (<5
years).
Food insecurity [S05]
Undiversified income in
agricultural households
(506)
Poor households [08]
Variable definition
Variable measurement
The variable measures the sensitivity as The variable is measured as the number of households
the number of households with with vulnerable livelihoods in a constituency expressed
vulnerable livelihoods sources (i.e., as a proportion of the total number of households with
subsistence crop and livestock farming). vulnerable livelihoods in Namibia.
Disabilities (509)
The variable measures sensitivity as low- The variable is measured as the number of low-income
income households conceptualized as households in a constituency expressed as a
households with annual income in the proportion of the total number of low-income
lowest twenty-fifth percentile.
households in Namibia.
Unprotected Water
Sources [S10]
The variable measures sensitivity as the The variable is measured as the number of people
number of people in the constituency living in the constituency expressed as a proportion of
that might be exposed to the climatic the total population in Namibia.
hazards.
The variable measures sensitivity as the The variable is measured as the number of food-
number of food-insecure households, insecure households in the constituency expressed as
that is, households that reported to have a proportion of the total number of food-insecure
had insufficient food.
households.
The variable measures sensitivity as the
number of agricultural households with
undiversified income sources, that is,
households whose main source of
income is agriculture only.
Child head households [07] The variable measures sensitivity as the The variable is measured as the number of child-
number of child-headed households. headed households in the constituency expressed as a
proportion of the total number of child-headed
households in Namibia.
The variable is measured as the number of vulnerable
demographics in a constituency expressed as a
proportion of the total number of vulnerable
demographics in Namibia.
The variable measures the sensitivity