Challenges Faced by Working Population During Lockdown in Response to Corona Virus Outbreak

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented social and health challenges on the working-class
population in India and across the globe. To mitigate the spread of the virus all the state and central
government in India imposed lockdown in the society over the weeks or, in some cases months. This
lockdown has made a severe impact on the physical, psychological, financial, and social conditions of the
people. The aim of this study is to understand the impact of lockdown amongst people on their personal life,
work life and health conditions. Independent survey was conducted to collect the descriptive statistics from
120 participants. Majority of the participants expressed that their life become difficult in lockdown. There
is big challenge observed for women to manage children under 10 years of age. Work from home pattern
was found favourable for those who are using computer and internet. Many participants were stressful and
fearful as their job is at stake due to heavy financial loss to their employing organization. We have applied
chi square test to find out association and it was found that age and gender is not significantly associated with
facing challenges while other demographic factors are significantly associated.