Title: Socio-economic implications of COVID-19 in India: growing stress and educational challenges

Authors: Kiron Jayesh; Mahesh Jayaraman; Visweshwaran Baskaran; Nathiya Narayanaraju; Jagannath Mohan; Adalarasu Kanagasabai

Addresses: School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India ' School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India ' School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India ' School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India ' School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127, India ' School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613401, India

Abstract: The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been a challenging period for people across the world. While the main focus during this period has been to stop the transmission of the disease and increase the vaccination drive, a lot of people are going through unspoken problems on their own. This pandemic brought an imbalance in the well-being of families due to various reasons such as lockdown-related stress or financial instability. To evaluate all these impacts on the students, the female homemakers, and the family relationships, three online surveys were self-administered from various validated questionnaires. The survey concluded that female students (Likert scale - 3.234) are more distracted from their classes during the lockdown compared to males (Likert scale - 2.458) because females also spend a significant amount of time assisting their families with day-to-day chores. The females are significantly (p < 0.05) more concerned about their family's well-being and relations than the males.

Keywords: COVID-19; family; female homemakers; financial instability; lockdown; pandemic; stress; students; well-being; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2023.135393

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2023 Vol.43 No.4, pp.359 - 377

Received: 17 Jan 2022
Received in revised form: 18 Dec 2022
Accepted: 14 Jan 2023
Published online: 08 Dec 2023 *

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