We conduct this study to check the effect of COVID-19 on income of general public. We used questionnaire & face to face interviews to get results for this study & then applied different charts & percentage analysis to finalize this research. Sample size for this study was 620 but only 250 people respond it. Data was collected by sending questionnaires through WhatsApp & Facebook messenger & by taking face to face interviews from poor people and aged people because they don’t use social media mostly. Our respond rate was 40%. Study concluded that mostly owners are giving salaries to their employees and their income also fulfill their expenses, but this is opposite in case of poor people & daily wagers. Their daily expenses also effected due to this lockdown. Private workers are most effected persons in the lockdown.

1. Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology (MEJAST)
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Article Received: 12 May 2020 Article Accepted: 09 June 2020
Effect of Covid-19 on General Public Income
Noreena Bakst1, Muhammad Kashan Javed2 & Dr. Sumbal Javaid3*
1Senior Auditor in AG Punjab under Controller General of Accounts.
1Institute of Banking and Finance, Baha Uddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
Country: Pak
2Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Baha Uddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
3Nishtar Medical University and Hospital, Multan, Pakistan
ABS TRACT
We conduct this study to check the effect of COVID-19 on income of general public. We used
questionnaire & face to face interviews to get results for this study & then applied different charts &
percentage analysis to finalize this research. Sample size for this study was 620 but only 250 people
respond it. Data was collected by sending questionnaires through WhatsApp & Facebook messenger & by
taking face to face interviews from poor people and aged people because they don’t use social media
mostly. Our respond rate was 40%. Study concluded that mostly owners are giving salaries to their
employees and their income also fulfill their expenses, but this is opposite in case of poor people & daily
wagers. Their daily expenses also effected due to this lockdown. Private workers are most effected
persons in the lockdown.
Keywords: Virus, Income, General Public
1. Introduction
COVID-19 known as corona virus disease of 2019 is a respiratory disease which is highly infectious,
firstly discovered in city Wuhan of china [1]. It caused respiratory illness which can be mild or severe.
This disease has swallowed many lives in different countries until now. In Pakistan, cases are
continuously increasing day by day [2]. Symptoms of corona virus take almost 14 days to appear.
Sometimes, it’s some patients don’t have any symptoms of this virus and also recover from this disease
without any effect due to their strong immune system. Survival time of corona virus on different surfaces
is different, like, it survives for 4 days on wooden items, 5 days on metal, 2 to 3 days on plastic products
etc. [3]. Quarantine and isolation are a technique, which can be helpful in the prevention of spread of this
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OWNER GIVING SALARY DURING LOCKDOWN
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
7
30%
20%
10%
0% 0
YES NO
disease [4]. In these techniques, people separate themselves from other people to avoid person to person
transmission of this virus [5]. This virus not only have a effect on health of people but it also have an
effect on income & expense of general public. It also has an influence on private workers [6].
2. Objective
The main purpose to conduct this study is to know about the effects of corona virus disease 2019 on
income of public.
3. METHODOLOGY
A. Data Collection and Sample
Data gathering for this research was done by using questionnaire in which income & expense related
questions were asked. Questionnaire was sent to general public by using social media like WhatsApp &
Facebook messenger. Face to face interviews from poor people were also included in this data gathering
techniques because mostly poor people don’t have android cell phones. Our sample size was almost 620
but only 250 people respond it. So, the respond rate for this research was 40%.
4. Statistical Analysis
To get results, we used percentage analysis & charts.
5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
The result taken from this study are shown below
0%
30%
Figure 1: Owner giving Salary during Lockdown
Figure 1 shows that according to 70% people, their employers (owners) are giving salaries to them in
these lockdown days. But 30 % gave answer in NO because mostly people in this 30% were daily wagers
who earn by their day to day work.
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DID YOUR EXPENSES INCREASE DURING
LOCKDOWN
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
2
10%
0% 0
YES NO
80%70%60%50%40%30%20%10%0%
72%YES
28%NO
YOUR INCOME FULFILL YOUR EXPENSES
72%
8%
Figure 2: Increase of Expense during Lockdown Days:
This graph displays that 72% people think that lockdown didn’t increase their expenses.
Figure 3: Fulfillment of Expenses through income
This figure shows that mostly people think that their income is enough to fulfill their expenses, but some
poor people are not agreed with this statement.
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Figure 4: COVID-19 Effect on Daily Expenses
This figure shows that according to 78% people, COVID-19 have a effect on their daily expenses in these
days because due to stay at home, their expenses related to food items increased but on the other side, their
transportation expenses which happened due to go to their offices or duties have been minimized.
Figure 5: Effect on Private Workers
COVID- 19 EFFECT ON PRIVATE WORKERS
No
Yes
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
COVID-19 EFFECT ON DAILY EXPENSES
Yes No
0%
22%
78%
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Private workers & mostly daily wagers are most effected persons in sense of income due to this
lockdown. This graph supports our above statement.
6. Conclusion
We conclude our study that mostly employers are giving salaries to their employees and their income is
also fulfilling their expenses but these statements are opposite in case of poor people, daily wagers &
private workers because these are most effected people in the lockdown days. COVID-19 also affect the
daily expenses of people in sense of food items & transportation cost.
7. Future Perspective
We must conduct further research on how poor people manage in these days during lockdown due to
COVID-19.
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