Socioeconomic impact and sufficiency of government financial support during COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective study

This study examines the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sufficiency of government support. Based on an online survey with 920 respondents, the cross-tabulation and binary logistic regression results show: firstly, in terms of loss of income, male respondents are more likely to...

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Published in:PloS one 2024-05, Vol.19 (5), p.e0302979-e0302979
Main Authors: Lau, Wee Yeap, Ke, Guek Nee, Yip, Tien Ming, Wong, Rachel Mei Ming, Kamal, Khalil Anwar, Lee, Shen Ching, Carter, Stephen, Khairudin, Rozainee, Grajfoner, Dasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - economics
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Employment
Employment - economics
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Female
Financial Support
Financing, Government - economics
Government
Humans
Income
Income - statistics & numerical data
Labor market
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pandemics - economics
Physical Sciences
Research and Analysis Methods
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Small and medium sized companies
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomics
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tabulation
Unemployment
Young Adult
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Summary:This study examines the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sufficiency of government support. Based on an online survey with 920 respondents, the cross-tabulation and binary logistic regression results show: firstly, in terms of loss of income, male respondents are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to female counterparts, and secondly, among different categories of employment status, the self-employed respondents are the most vulnerable group, given that more than 20 percent of them experienced loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, respondents working in small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the informal sector are more likely to face loss of income as compared to respondents working in other sectors of employment. Likewise, respondents without tertiary education level are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to respondents with university certification. The baseline results highlight the insufficiency of government financial support programs based on the perspective of Malaysians from different demographic backgrounds. As a policy implication, the findings could guide the State in formulating the right policies for target groups who need more assistance than others in the community.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0302979