Table 1.
Domain and selected variables for social vulnerability index construction.
| Domains | Selected variables |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | Poverty (NPOV)§ and extreme poverty (EPOV)§ |
| Access to improved water –% of population (IWAT)† | |
| Access to improved sanitation –% of population (ISAN)† | |
| Electricity in household –% of population (ELECP)† | |
| Radio in household –% of population (RADP)† | |
| Television in household –% of population (TVP)† | |
| Household composition and disability | Number of births (NBTH)§ |
| Number of pregnant women (NPREG)§ | |
| Population of females (FMLE)‡ | |
| Population of 14-year-olds and below (BLW14)‡ | |
| Population of 65-year-olds and above (ABV65)‡ | |
| Population of persons with disability (PWDS)¶ | |
| Minority status and language | Net primary attendance rate (NPAR)† |
| Net secondary attendance rate (NSAR)† | |
| Literacy rate – 15 and over (LIT15)† | |
| Housing and transportation | Population density (POPD)§ |
| Road density (RDACS)†† | |
| Car ownership (COWN)‡‡ |
Note: Please see the full reference list of the article, Lawal, O. & Arokoyu, S.B., 2015, ‘Modelling social vulnerability in sub-Saharan West Africa using a geographical information system’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 7(1), Art. #155, x pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v7i1.155, for more information.