Table 1. Calculating the major...

Table 1.

Calculating the major components and sub-components for composite LVI score

Major component	Factors	Units	Minimum value	Maximum value	Score	Standardized value
Socio-demographic	Gender (female headed household)	%	0	100	22	0.22
	Age	Ratio	0	1	49	0.49
	Family type (joint)	%	0	100	29	0.29
	Households head that have not gone to school	%	0	100	36	0.36
	People with a constant need for medical attention	%	0	1	0.47	0.47
	0.366
Livelihood strategies	How many people are currently employed in your household?	Average	0	1	0.282	0.282
	Households choosing to migrate somewhere else for livelihood generation?	%	0	100	41	0.41
	Savings	%	0	100	17	0.17
	Average livelihood diversity	Average	0	5	0.2	0.04
	0.225
Social networks	HH does not have relatives and friends who can help financially during a disaster strikes or during low income	%	0	100	51.4	0.514
	HH that during any hazardous situation not send children to safety to your relatives’	%	0	100	61	0.61
	HH that had to borrow money from friends and relatives in the past 6 months?	%	0	100	43	0.43
	HH has not received any help or assistance from the local government	%	0	100	19	0.19
	HH has not received any financial or other aspect of assistance from NGOs	%	0	100	33	0.33
	0.414
Health	HH not having access to health facilities near home?	%	0	100	54.34	0.543
	HH is a long distance from a nearby health center	%	0	100	61.19	0.611
	Average of family members falling sick(ratio)	Average	0.25	1	0.555	0.41
	HH members missing work due to illness	%	0	100	93.61	0.93
	0.623
Food	HH consumes a proper amount of nourished food	%	0	100	42.92	0.42
	HH gets food from fishing	%	0	100	0.91	0.0091
	HH gets self-farmed food	%	0	100	0.46	0.0046
	HH not having saved food for emergencies like-cyclones, or flooding?	%	0	100	49.77	0.497
	HH goes starving when there is low income in the family?	%	0	100	6.85	0.068
	0.199
Water	HH not having fresh drinking water available in abundance?	%	0	100	71.69	0.716
	HH where females are responsible for collecting drinking water	%	0	100	32.87	0.328
	HH spent more than 1-hour collecting drinking water	%	0	100	68.04	0.68
	HH thinks water scarcity has become more crucial	%	0	100	68.04	0.680
	Households that store water?	%	0	100	83.56	0.835
	0.64
Natural disasters	HH rating the risk of current living place to be in threat of hazards induced by climatic parameters?	%	0	100	83.11	0.831
	Is HH losing their livelihood practices during this emergency situation?	%	0	100	63.93	0.633
	Do HH rating climatic hazards affect their income?	%	0	100	83.11	0.831
	HH rating climate change or climate variability affect housing loss high?	%	0	100	75.34	0.753
	HH has access to early warning systems regarding impending hazards	%	0	100	98.63	0.986
	HHs not able to access cyclone shelters during any emergency?	%	0	100	7.31	0.731
	HHs losing family members died due to these climate-induced disasters	%	0	100	23.29	0.2329
	HHs family member sustaining any serious injury due to the hazards?	%	0	100	64.38	0.643
	HHs shifted their housing or migrated your housing to protect your family from these natural hazards?	%	0	100	49.32	0.493
	0.685
Climate variability	Are HHs noticing any change in the Rainfall pattern of this area over the past 20 years?	%	0	100	94.06	0.940
	HHs noticed a change in the Temperature pattern of this area over the past 20 years?	%	0	100	96.35	0.963
	HHs noticing changes in the frequency of cyclones/flood/drought/saline water intrusion in the past 20 years?	%	0	10	90.87	0.908
	0.937

Major component	Factors	Units	Minimum value	Maximum value	Score	Standardized value
Socio-demographic	Gender (female headed household)	%	0	100	22	0.22
	Age	Ratio	0	1	49	0.49
	Family type (joint)	%	0	100	29	0.29
	Households head that have not gone to school	%	0	100	36	0.36
	People with a constant need for medical attention	%	0	1	0.47	0.47
	0.366
Livelihood strategies	How many people are currently employed in your household?	Average	0	1	0.282	0.282
	Households choosing to migrate somewhere else for livelihood generation?	%	0	100	41	0.41
	Savings	%	0	100	17	0.17
	Average livelihood diversity	Average	0	5	0.2	0.04
	0.225
Social networks	HH does not have relatives and friends who can help financially during a disaster strikes or during low income	%	0	100	51.4	0.514
	HH that during any hazardous situation not send children to safety to your relatives’	%	0	100	61	0.61
	HH that had to borrow money from friends and relatives in the past 6 months?	%	0	100	43	0.43
	HH has not received any help or assistance from the local government	%	0	100	19	0.19
	HH has not received any financial or other aspect of assistance from NGOs	%	0	100	33	0.33
	0.414
Health	HH not having access to health facilities near home?	%	0	100	54.34	0.543
	HH is a long distance from a nearby health center	%	0	100	61.19	0.611
	Average of family members falling sick(ratio)	Average	0.25	1	0.555	0.41
	HH members missing work due to illness	%	0	100	93.61	0.93
	0.623
Food	HH consumes a proper amount of nourished food	%	0	100	42.92	0.42
	HH gets food from fishing	%	0	100	0.91	0.0091
	HH gets self-farmed food	%	0	100	0.46	0.0046
	HH not having saved food for emergencies like-cyclones, or flooding?	%	0	100	49.77	0.497
	HH goes starving when there is low income in the family?	%	0	100	6.85	0.068
	0.199
Water	HH not having fresh drinking water available in abundance?	%	0	100	71.69	0.716
	HH where females are responsible for collecting drinking water	%	0	100	32.87	0.328
	HH spent more than 1-hour collecting drinking water	%	0	100	68.04	0.68
	HH thinks water scarcity has become more crucial	%	0	100	68.04	0.680
	Households that store water?	%	0	100	83.56	0.835
	0.64
Natural disasters	HH rating the risk of current living place to be in threat of hazards induced by climatic parameters?	%	0	100	83.11	0.831
	Is HH losing their livelihood practices during this emergency situation?	%	0	100	63.93	0.633
	Do HH rating climatic hazards affect their income?	%	0	100	83.11	0.831
	HH rating climate change or climate variability affect housing loss high?	%	0	100	75.34	0.753
	HH has access to early warning systems regarding impending hazards	%	0	100	98.63	0.986
	HHs not able to access cyclone shelters during any emergency?	%	0	100	7.31	0.731
	HHs losing family members died due to these climate-induced disasters	%	0	100	23.29	0.2329
	HHs family member sustaining any serious injury due to the hazards?	%	0	100	64.38	0.643
	HHs shifted their housing or migrated your housing to protect your family from these natural hazards?	%	0	100	49.32	0.493
	0.685
Climate variability	Are HHs noticing any change in the Rainfall pattern of this area over the past 20 years?	%	0	100	94.06	0.940
	HHs noticed a change in the Temperature pattern of this area over the past 20 years?	%	0	100	96.35	0.963
	HHs noticing changes in the frequency of cyclones/flood/drought/saline water intrusion in the past 20 years?	%	0	10	90.87	0.908
	0.937

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