How social capital can inform targeting formal social safety net interventions in vulnerable communities in eastern Ethiopia: an ethnographic case study

Journal of International Humanitarian Action

Table 1 Social network characteristics for accessing safety net across different HH characteristics

HH types			Social network characteristics of non-beneficiary households for accessing informal social safety net transfer
			Kin located within		Kin located outside		Neighbos		Close friends from within		Close friends from outside		Belongs to same mutual support group		Belongs to different group
			Fr.	%	Fr	%	Fr	%	Fr.	%	Fr.	%	Fr	%	Fr.	%
Wealth category	Rich (n= 16)	N= 6	2	12.5	1	6.25	3	18.7	2	12.5	3	18.7	3	18.7	3	18.7
	Middle income (n= 28)	N= 9	7	25	4	14.2	5	17.8	4	14.2	3	10.7	4	14.2	3	10.7
	Poor (39)	N= 15	11	28.2	4	10.2	10	25.6	6	15.3	3	7.7	4	10.2	1	2.5
Gender	MHH (n= 52)	N= 19	12	23	7	13.4	9	17.3	7	13.4	5	9.6	4	7.7	5	9.6
Gender	FHH (n= 35)	N= 11	9	25.7	4	11.4	6	17	5	14.3	1	2.8	6	17	1	2.8
Education level	Lower primary (n= 15)	N= 9	8	22.8	4	11.4	7	20	7	20	4	11.4	3	8.5	4	11.4
	Upper primary (n= 13)	N= 7	6	22.2	4	14.8	5	18.5	6	22.2	4	14.8	3	11	3	11
	No formal (n= 42)	N= 14	9	23.6	5	13.1	10	26.3	7	18.4	2	5.2	2	5.2	1	2.6