How is vulnerability to poverty measured?

(i) vulnerability to poverty is a measure which describes the greater probability of certain communities or individuals of becoming or remaining poor in the coming years.
(ii) vulnerability’ is determined by the options available to different communities for finding an alternative living in terms of assets, education, health and job opportunities.
(iii) Vulnerability describes the greater probability of being more adversely affected than other people when bad times prevails for everybody, whether a flood or an earthquake or simply a shortage in the availability of jobs.