Abstract:
The study aims to identify the impacts of COVID-19 on the household gem
mining industry. In order to obtain the objective, this study used household
income as a dependent variable and education, monthly consumption costs,
and the number of family members as independent variables. The primary data
were collected through structured questionnaires, focus group discussions, and
interviews by the cluster sampling method. For descriptive and multiple
regression analysis, MS Excel and SPSS 26 are used. This study found that
few impacts were found through descriptive analysis, such as savings
decreasing, fewer working days, and health issues being quite high due to the
lockdown and travel restrictions. Moreover, this study revealed that education,
numbers of family members have been positive impact and monthly
consumption cost has been negative impact on the income level of
households. Thus, negative and positive relations between variables promote
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 adopt the proper policy for those workers to overcome such a situation
in the future.
