Livelihood Coping Strategies and Data Availability
Explore the concept of Livelihood Coping Strategies (LCS) used by households facing food insecurity, with a focus on indicators, data availability, strategy categorization, and analysis results. Learn about the strengths and limitations of LCS as a standard indicator for assessing food security situations.
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LCS indicator and data availability Livelihood coping strategies are strategies that households use when they are not able to sufficiently access food and/or income to purchase food. Livelihood coping strategies indicator was developed by WFP and is typically collected by WFP, occasionally also by other partners usually included in food security surveys 2
LCS construct Master list of strategies available in WFP CARI guidance includes 18 strategies
LCS - construct Strategies can be divided into: Stress strategies Crisis strategies Emergency strategies For livelihood coping module countries/agencies are expected to select altogether 10 strategies: 4 stress, 3 crisis and 3 emergency strategies 4
LCS - construct The master list of strategies suggests severity categories for all strategies included However, countries/agencies should review the LCS module by: Selecting context-specific strategies Selecting the right severity categorization for each strategy 5
LCS - construct Recall period of 30 days Response options: Yes and exhaustion of strategy are counted as yes Not necessary and not applicable are counted as no 6
LCS - construct LCS analysis results from Lesotho in a table with share of households in different categories and a table with a breakdown of responses from Afghanistan 7
Linkages between LCS and IPC Phases Households are allocated to one of the categories based on the most severe strategy applied 8
LCS - strengths Only standard livelihood coping indicator Valuable for confirming severity of food security situation Can be analysed in detail Individual strategies Detailed analysis of response categories Can be cross-checked with e.g. data on assets (if collected)
LCS - limitations Common to encounter problems with understanding and coding of different response options Example interpretation errors: Sold female animals Sold last female animals Borrowed/relied on social networks, family or neighbours Begged Leads to compromised results of LCS.
LCS - quiz Statement T F 1. In severe protracted crisis the LCS indicator may have limited use. X 2. Even if equally affected by a shock, less vulnerable households may have higher scores because they are more capable of changing livelihood strategies and assets. LCS is globally standard and the same everywhere. X 3. X 4. rCSI and LCS are comparable and correlated. X 5. The LCS is based on a questionnaire that considers only food consumption related coping strategies. X 6. IPC cut-offs for the LCS are based on the strategies sustainability and potential negative impact on future livelihoods and food security of the household. X
