Table 2.
Economic burden during COVID-19 pandemic.
| Variable(s) | Description | Whole sample |
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Reduced business | Reduction in business, measured by: | ||||||
| (Mean = 4.97; SD = 1.41) | =1 if unaffected | 4 | 4.4 % | 4 | 11.8 % | 0 | 0.0 % |
| =2 if slightly affected | 1 | 1.1 % | 1 | 2.9 % | 0 | 0.0 % | |
| =3 if moderately affected | 10 | 11.0 % | 7 | 20.6 % | 3 | 5.3 % | |
| =4 if much affected | 15 | 16.5 % | 14 | 41.2 % | 1 | 1.8 % | |
| =5 if seriously affected | 10 | 11.0 % | 7 | 20.6 % | 3 | 5.3 % | |
| =6 if completely affected (almost no sales) | 51 | 56.0 % | 1 | 2.9 % | 50 | 87.7 % | |
| Reduced consumption | Reduction in daily consumption expenditure, measured by: | ||||||
| (Mean = 3.70; SD = 1.31) | =1 if unaffected | 9 | 9.9 % | 7 | 20.6 % | 2 | 3.5 % |
| =2 if slightly affected | 11 | 12.1 % | 4 | 11.8 % | 7 | 12.3 % | |
| =3 if moderately affected | 8 | 8.8 % | 3 | 8.8 % | 5 | 8.8 % | |
| =4 if much affected | 33 | 36.3 % | 13 | 38.2 % | 20 | 35.1 % | |
| =5 if seriously affected | 30 | 33.0 % | 7 | 20.6 % | 23 | 40.4 % | |
| Observations | 91 | 34 | 57 | ||||
Source: Authors' calculation.