Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on households’ livelihood:
Empirical evidence from Sokoto State, North Western Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigates the impact of coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic on
households’ livelihood in Sokoto State, Nigeria using a survey dataset
for a sample of two hundred and seventeen (217). The study applied mean
and standard deviation in analyzing the data and finding suggests that
covid-19 has negatively has negatively affected the household’s
livelihood in terms of food security, market accessibility, and income
generation activities and women and youths empowerment. The study
further revealed that the pandemic put on negative influence on social
activities of the households such as children education, social
structure and gender relations. Furthermore, the study concludes that,
covid-19 has negative effects on cultural activities of the households
such as community events, funeral activities, ceremonies, sports
activities and cultural values. In addition to covid-19 pandemic, this
study also indicated that psychological behaviour of household such as
sustainable behavior, uncertainty; infections fears and family relations
were negatively affected. From the foregoing, this study recommends the
needs for the government to create a window in fiscal policy that will
accommodate any unforeseen health challenges in the future. Based on the
previous experience, the study further recommends the urgent need for
the households to be on alert on the future pandemic