During the 2010 LCMS, each household on the survey was asked to indicate if it had experienced an incident that negatively affected its household welfare predisposing the household to the increased risk
of poverty. The following were some of the incidents experienced by the households 12 months prior to the survey: Livestock disease, drought, lack of food/inadequate food, crop damage/crop pests, death
of a bread winner, illness, family conflict, lack of financial resources/inadequate resources, job loss/no salary, change in price of agriculture products, change in price of agric. Inputs, crop damage in storage,
victim of crime, house eviction, marital conflict/divorce, etc. It should be noted that various coping strategies employed by households help reveal its vulnerability to poverty.
| Cases: | 562396 |
| Variables: | 23 |