Table I.

Capital system, indicators and sub-indicators used for the assessment of community vulnerability at the municipality of Inhambane

CapitalComponentIndicators
HumanHealthAverage time to get to the nearest health facility
Percentage of households indicating the existence of at least one member suffering from chronic disease
Percentage of households where at least one household member has failed job or school due to illness
Percentage of households where at least one member suffers from infectious or transmitted diseases
Percentage of aggregates indicating that at least one member died due to weather phenomena
Percentage of households where at least one member has suffered injury due to weather events
Inverse of life expectancy
Food and nutritionAverage period (in months) of food shortage
Inverse of the crop diversification index
Knowledge and skillsInverse of the education index
Percentage of households that have no television at home
Percentage of households that have no radio at home
Percentage of households where no member has formal/ vocational training
SocialDemographyDependency ratio
Percentage of women headed households
Average number of household members
Networks and relationshipsPercentage of households that received no support
Percentage of households that did not give any kind of support
Percentage of households that did not request support or assistance to government entities
Percentage of respondents who did not vote in the last elections
Percentage of households not affiliated with community-based organizations
PhysicalElectricityPercentage of households reporting not having access to electricity at home
CommunicationPercentage of households reporting not having access to phone at home
Average time to the nearest bus station
SanitationPercentage of households reporting not having access to latrines at home
NaturalLand resourcesRatio of the percentage of households that have land for agriculture and those who have not
Percentage of households reporting degradation of farmland due to climatic factors
Biomass utilizationPercentage of households that use energy of the biomass to cook
Average time to find fuelwood
Percentage of households reporting a reduction of fuelwood
Percentage of households using traditional stoves for cooking
WaterPercentage of households reporting hearing conflicts related to water in the community
Percentage of households who collect water directly from the river or well
Percentage of households without daily water supply
Average time for water collection
Inverse of the water collection and conservation index
Climate variability and natural disastersAverage number of extreme weather events in the last 30 years
Mean deviation of average daily maximum temperature per month
Mean deviation of the average daily minimum temperature per month
Mean deviation of daily precipitation per month
Percentage of households indicating that at least one member died due to weather phenomena
Percentage of households where at least one member has suffered injury due to weather events
FinancialAssetsInverse of the land tenure index
Inverse of the diversity index of livelihoods associated with agriculture
FinancesPercentage of households that reported having unpaid debts
Percentage of households without access to credit at any financial institution
Households that do not have members living in other relatively more developed places
Source: Adapted

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