Table 1 Number and percentage of households whose livelihoods have suffered from hazard events in the last 10 years (2005–2015).
From: Ethnic diversity and divergent perceptions of climate change: a case study in Southwest China
Hazard events | Number of households | Percentage of households among 1216 surveyed households |
|---|---|---|
Family sickness | 470 | 38.7% |
Livestock disease | 301 | 24.8% |
Drought | 251 | 20.6% |
Crop diseases and pests | 244 | 20.1% |
Long-term drought | 128 | 10.5% |
Erratic rainfall | 81 | 6.7% |
Strong wind | 79 | 6.5% |
Hail | 77 | 6.3% |
Flood | 61 | 5.0% |
Landslide and soil erosion | 56 | 4.6% |
Frost | 23 | 1.9% |
Lack of fertilizer &/or too expensive | 19 | 1.6% |
High temperature | 16 | 1.3% |
Lose house | 14 | 1.2% |
Debt | 12 | 1.0% |
Wildlife related shocks | 11 | 0.9% |
Snow or blizzard | 11 | 0.9% |
Electricity shortage | 10 | 0.8% |
Labor shortage | 8 | 0.7% |
Low market prices for crops/livestock | 8 | 0.7% |
Fire | 6 | 0.5% |
Soil problems | 4 | 0.3% |
Bad seeds | 4 | 0.3% |
Irrigation problems | 3 | 0.2% |
Unemployment | 2 | 0.2% |
Failure of household business | 2 | 0.2% |
Poor market access | 2 | 0.2% |
Low temperatures | 2 | 0.2% |
