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. 2021 May 27;7(5):e07161. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07161

Table 2.

Selected social impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and social impact on the participants.

Selected social impact Small enterprise owner
N = 240
Number (%)
Daily hire employee
N = 416
Number (%)
Private business employee
N = 145
Number (%)
Others
N = 99
Number (%)
Total
N = 900
Economic impact
 Income loss 171 (71.3) 274 (65.9) 63 (43.4) 19 (19.2) 527 (58.6)
 Unemployed 64 (26.7) 149 (35.8) 17 (11.7) 3 (3.0) 233 (25.9)
 Poor
227 (94.6)
391 (94.0)
117 (80.7)
90 (90.9)
825 (91.7)
Food consumption behavior
 Hungry but did not eat due to economic constraints 108 (45.0) 240 (57.7) 64 (44.1) 55 (55.6) 467 (51.9)
 Eat less due to economic constraints 149 (62.1) 256 (61.5) 96 (66.2) 55 (55.6) 556 (61.8)
 Consumed less meat, aquatic food, fruit, or vegetables
192 (80.0)
343 (82.5)
119 (82.1)
67 (67.7)
721 (80.1)
Mental health
 Not affected 135 (56.3) 231 (55.5) 76 (52.4) 75 (75.8) 517 (57.4)
 Stress increased 1 level 59 (24.6) 112 (26.9) 46 (31.7) 17 (17.2) 234 (26.0)
 Stress increased 2 levels 33 (13.8) 51 (12.3) 14 (9.7) 6 (6.1) 104 (11.6)
 Stress increased 3 levels 13 (5.4) 22 (5.3) 9 (6.2) 1 (1.0) 45 (5.0)