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COVID-19 in rural Malawi: Perceived risks and economic impacts round 2

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  • Ambler, Kate
  • Herskowitz, Sylvan
  • Maredia, Mywish K.
  • Mockshell, Jonathan

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This note summarizes perceptions of COVID-19 impacts and risks from a panel phone survey of rural households in eight districts in rural Malawi. While the results from the first round conducted in August 2020 were reported in a previous brief, this note will focus on the evolution of indicators from round 1 to round 2, conducted in November 2020. The sample comprises 833 households interviewed in both survey rounds. Two additional follow-up survey rounds are planned for 2021. The survey was originally designed to measure the seasonality of labor activities but was adjusted to assess COVID-19 impacts and perceptions in rural Malawi. Though initial concern of the impact of COVID-19 on Malawi was high at the start of the global pandemic, case numbers stayed relatively low through the end of 2020. Seven-day averages of 50-100 cases during the first survey round had dropped to under 5 in the fourth quarter of the year. Our analysis will examine how people’s perceptions evolved during this period of low infections.

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  • Ambler, Kate & Herskowitz, Sylvan & Maredia, Mywish K. & Mockshell, Jonathan, 2021. "COVID-19 in rural Malawi: Perceived risks and economic impacts round 2," Project notes March 2021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:prnote:1243326088
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    MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; Coronavirus; coronavirus disease; Coronavirinae; COVID-19; rural areas; risk; economic impact;
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