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Abstract：
This study examines the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sufficiency of government support. Based on an online survey with 920 respondents, the cross-tabulation and binary logistic regression results show: firstly, in terms of loss of income, male respondents are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to female counterparts, and secondly, among different categories of employment status, the self-employed respondents are the most vulnerable group, given that more than 20 percent of them experienced loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, respondents working in small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) and the informal sector are more likely to face loss of income as compared to respondents working in other sectors of employment. Likewise, respondents without tertiary education level are more likely to have a loss of income as compared to respondents with university certification. The baseline results highlight the insufficiency of government financial support programs based on the perspective of Malaysians from different demographic backgrounds. As a policy implication, the findings could guide the State in formulating the right policies for target groups who need more assistance than others in the community.
摘要：
这项研究考察了COVID-19大流行的社会经济影响和政府支持的充分性。根据对920名受访者的在线调查，交叉制表和二元逻辑回归结果表明：首先，在收入损失方面，与女性受访者相比，男性受访者更有可能失去收入，其次,在不同类别的就业状况中，自雇受访者是最脆弱的群体，鉴于超过20%的人因COVID-19大流行而经历了收入损失。此外，与在其他就业部门工作的受访者相比，在中小型企业（SME）和非正规部门工作的受访者更有可能面临收入损失。同样，与拥有大学认证的受访者相比，没有高等教育水平的受访者更有可能失去收入。基线结果强调了基于不同人口背景的马来西亚人的观点，政府财政支持计划的不足。作为政策含义，这些调查结果可以指导国家为比社区其他人需要更多援助的目标群体制定正确的政策。
