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Table 9 Measurement of livelihoods based coping strategies index

From: Coping with food and nutrition insecurity in Zimbabwe: does household head gender matter?

During the past 30 days, did anyone in your household have to engage in any of the following activities because there was not enough food or money to buy food?

Weight

Sold household assets/goods (radio, furniture, refrigerator, television, jewellery, clothes, etc.)

2

Purchased food on credit or borrowed food

2

Spent savings

0

Borrowed money

2

Sold productive assets or means of transport (sewing machine, wheelbarrow, bicycle, car, etc.)

3

Consumed seed stocks that were to be held/saved for the next season

0

Withdrew children from school

0

Sold house or land

0

Begged

0

Sold last female animals

4