The Relationship Between the Loss of Household Income and Socioeconomic Variables in the Second COVID-19 Lockdown

Although Covid-19 started in Wuhan, China, on January 30th 2020 it was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). The issue was no longer for China alone. Instead, every country was called upon to take urgent and aggressive measures against the spread of the deadly virus. This paper aims to examine the relationship between the loss of household income and socioeconomic variables. This was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. The data of this study were collected from a representative sample of 210 households from 21 villages in Wakiso District. This paper focuses on the impact of income loss on a range of social-economic indicators. The results showed that two variables had strong effects on income reduction: (1) education, with a P value of 0.042 OR 2.124 and (2) medical insurance ownership, with a P value of 0.012 OR 0.357. Thus, the increase in income was associated with better health. We suggest that the socioeconomically disadvantaged group requires additional support to strengthen their resilience to survive amid the coronavirus global pandemic.