LCS Band
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Four-level severity classification of household livelihood coping, derived from the WFP Livelihood Coping Strategies (LCS) module. The household is assigned the highest severity tier of any strategy it adopted (responded 'yes' or 'already exhausted'). If no strategy was adopted, the household is classified as 'none'.
Standard reference
WFP CARI Guidelines (3rd edition, 2021) (https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000134704/download/)
Section 3.3 Livelihood Coping Strategies. Strategies are grouped into three severity tiers (stress, crisis, emergency). The household classification is determined by the highest-severity strategy adopted.
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
none | No coping | The household did not adopt any livelihood coping strategy in the reference period. All strategies were answered 'never' or 'not applicable'. | |
stress | Stress | The household adopted at least one stress-tier strategy (spent savings, sold household items, reduced non-food expenses, borrowed money for food) but no crisis or emergency strategy. Stress strategies are reversible and do not erode future productive capacity. | |
crisis | Crisis | The household adopted at least one crisis-tier strategy (sold productive assets, withdrew children from school, reduced essential non-food expenditure) but no emergency strategy. Crisis strategies erode future productive capacity and are harder to reverse. | |
emergency | Emergency | The household adopted at least one emergency-tier strategy (consumed seed stock, harvested immature crops, sold house or land, whole-household migration, child labour, early marriage, begging). Emergency strategies represent irreversible depletion of assets or adoption of socially harmful practices. |