Abstract:
The study examines to identify the impacts of COVID-19 on the household gem mining industry.
In order to obtain the objective of socio-economic effect on household income, this study used
household income as dependent variable and education, monthly consumption cost and number
of family member as independent variables. The primary data were collected through structured
questionnaires, focus group discussions and interviews by the cluster sampling method. Microsoft
Excel and SPSS -26 software were used for descriptive and multiple regression analysis. This
study found few impacts through descriptive analysis, such as saving decreasing, fewer working
days, and health issues quite high due to the lockdown and travel restrictions. Moreover, this
study revealed that education and the number of family members have had positive impacts, while
monthly consumption costs have had a negative impact on the income level of households. Thus,
negative and positive relations between variables lead to promoting the socio-economic status of
the household gem mining industry. Hence, this research draws up a few recommendations to
improve the socio-economic status of the household. The government should consider the gem
mining field and also take the proper policy for those workers to overcome such a situation in the
future.
