TY - JOUR
AU - Lau, Wee Yeap
AU - Ke, Guek Nee
AU - Yip, Tien Ming
AU - Wong, Rachel Mei Ming
AU - Kamal, Khalil Anwar
AU - Lee, Shen Chieng
AU - Carter, Stephen
AU - Khairudin, Rozainee
AU - Grajfoner, Dasha
PY - 2024
DA - May
TI - Socioeconomic impact and sufficiency of government financial support during COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective study
JO - PLoS ONE
VL - 19
IS - 5
DO - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302979
AB - 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.
PB - Public Library of Science
UR - https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/5eecb11e-d1b3-432e-b203-f92d7abff6ae
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Socioeconomic factors
ER