% of target households not resorting to crisis or emergency livelihood coping strategies

Definition & calculation

Numerator: Number of surveyed households classified as using no coping or only stress strategies on the Livelihood Coping Strategies Index

Denominator: Total number of surveyed households

Classify households by the most severe livelihood coping strategy adopted in the past 30 days (none/stress/crisis/emergency) and report the share not in the crisis or emergency categories.

Formula: (Numerator ÷ Denominator) × 100

Means of verification

Household food security/livelihoods survey (LCSI module)

Interpretation

Typical reporting frequency: Baseline, midline and endline (or annual)

Guidance & common pitfalls

LCSI captures asset-depleting and future-productivity-harming behaviours that food-consumption indicators miss; adapt the strategy list to context but retain the four severity categories for comparability. Aligned with Food Security Cluster and IPC conventions.

This library is a curated reference to adapt, aligned generically with recognised humanitarian frameworks (Sphere, cluster registries, IASC, CHS and others). It is not an official indicator registry — always use the exact indicator definitions your donor or cluster requires.