Vulnerability and Livelihoods

This section includes assessments on the vulnerability, livelihoods, and welfare of households in Myanmar based on the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS). MHWS is a nationally and sub-nationally representative phone survey, conducted every 3-4 months on approximately 12,100 households. Assessments in this section will examine the security, climatic, health, service, and economic shocks that Myanmar households face; the coping strategies households’ employ to meet their daily needs; analyze changes in income poverty for Myanmar’s household; and explores the association of shocks and household characteristics with income loss and income poverty.