How Was People’s Income Affected by the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran?
Open Access
- 21 December 2020
- journal article
- Published by Briefland in Shiraz E-Medical Journal
- Vol. 22 (9)
- https://doi.org/10.5812/semj.110927
Abstract
: Today, a new disease, called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has affected the entire world, especially in the economic aspect. This disease has severely disrupted the global economy. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate how people’s income was affected by the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. We used an online questionnaire in the Persian language, which was available from April 18 to April 28, 2020. The survey asked the participants about their job and income during the COVID-19 pandemic as compared to the pre-COVID period. Fifty-seven percepts of participants were unemployed or experienced a drop in their income during the COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, the global economy should be supportive of people during epidemics.Keywords
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