Socio-economic status of people after covid-19: evidence from a bourgeoning municipality.

Abstract

The outbreak of Covid-19 came as a bolt from the bloom and sparked fears in everyone. Various interventions and programmes were implemented to exterminate it. This study, therefore, sought to garner empirical-based evidence on how people of different social brackets have recovered from the socio-economic effects of the pandemic. The study relied on cross-sectional survey design to gather data from a pool of respondents from a bourgeoning municipality in Ghana. Self-administered questionnaire was used to gather the data after it had been validated. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were employed to analysis the data. The study revealed that the respondents have not completely come out of the ravages of the pandemic. A disproportionate chunk of them are seen struggling to be on their feet and this situation calls for attention and assistance. The study, however, established gender difference in the socio-economic status of the respondents after the pandemic; more males are doing better than females. The study also revealed that the respondents in the middle and low-income brackets do not seem to be close to normalcy as those in the high-income group. Policy and practical implications of the study have been proffered.