Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected vulnerable households’ livelihoods in developing countries. Using high-frequency phone survey data from the World Bank, we assess rural Indian households’ vulnerability and poverty status during the pandemic. Results reveal that over thre...

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Autor principal: Tian, Junyan
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141542
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected vulnerable households’ livelihoods in developing countries. Using high-frequency phone survey data from the World Bank, we assess rural Indian households’ vulnerability and poverty status during the pandemic. Results reveal that over three-fifths of Indian rural households are vulnerable to poverty in the context of COVID-19, despite India’s evident progress in mitigating poverty in the pre-pandemic era. Poverty plays a major role in accounting for variations in household vulnerability; however, the impact of risks on household welfare is not negligible. On average, households with more members, older household heads, and more outmigrants are more vulnerable to poverty during the pandemic. The impacts of the gender of the household head, access to masks, consumption loans, and COVID-related information are nevertheless insignificant. Results stress the urgent necessity of deploying concerted interventions to strengthen household vulnerability in rural India.
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spelling CGSpace1415422025-10-26T12:52:10Z Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India Tian, Junyan COVID-19 poverty surveys vulnerability The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected vulnerable households’ livelihoods in developing countries. Using high-frequency phone survey data from the World Bank, we assess rural Indian households’ vulnerability and poverty status during the pandemic. Results reveal that over three-fifths of Indian rural households are vulnerable to poverty in the context of COVID-19, despite India’s evident progress in mitigating poverty in the pre-pandemic era. Poverty plays a major role in accounting for variations in household vulnerability; however, the impact of risks on household welfare is not negligible. On average, households with more members, older household heads, and more outmigrants are more vulnerable to poverty during the pandemic. The impacts of the gender of the household head, access to masks, consumption loans, and COVID-related information are nevertheless insignificant. Results stress the urgent necessity of deploying concerted interventions to strengthen household vulnerability in rural India. 2024-04-18 2024-04-19T20:25:03Z 2024-04-19T20:25:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141542 en Open Access Tian, Junyan. 2024. Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301662. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0301662
spellingShingle COVID-19
poverty
surveys
vulnerability
Tian, Junyan
Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title_full Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title_fullStr Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title_full_unstemmed Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title_short Rural household vulnerability and COVID-19: Evidence from India
title_sort rural household vulnerability and covid 19 evidence from india
topic COVID-19
poverty
surveys
vulnerability
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141542
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