Dynamic livelihood impacts of COVID-19 on different rural households in mountainous areas of China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has brought about severe negative livelihood consequences for rural households worldwide. However, the heterogeneity and dynamics of livelihood impacts have been under-researched. There is also lacking a livelihood assessment of the pandemic based on a whole pandemic cycle. This study aimed to investigate the dynamic and heterogeneous livelihood impacts of COVID-19 pandemic for rural households in 2020 based on a case study of Southeast China.

Methods

The pandemic in China had experienced a complete cycle from initial outbreak, to intermediate recovery and finally new normal stage in 2020. We conducted face-to-face interviews with 95 rural households randomly drawn from 2 rural villages in Xunwu County, Jiangxi Province, Southeast

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9506612 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature