The Effects of COVID-19 on the Socio-Economic Conditions of Marginal People: A Case Study in the Selected Districts of Bangladesh

In this paper, we have examined the effects of COVID-19 on the socio-economic condition of the three-wheeled electric vehicle drivers in some selected areas of Bangladesh from the cross-sectional data (September&ndash:November 2020). The results of linear regression indicate that under COVID-19 conditions, age (p = 0.022) and hardship (p = 0.000) positively, and education (p = 0.036), driving duration (p = 0.023), COVID consciousness (p = 0.086) and easy bike vehicle (p = 0.000) negatively affects income of the respondents. The deaths of COVID in the district (p = 0.003), income (p = 0.000), age (p = 0.037), easy bike vehicle (p = 0.018), debt (p = 0.059) and sufferings of diseases (p = 0.044) positively, and property holdings (p = 0.028), residence in urban areas (p = 0.004) and COVID consciousness (p = 0.082) negatively affect the family expenditure. The results from binary logistics regressions show that diseases sufferings (adjusted p = &lt:0.001: unadjusted p = &lt:0.001), corona fear (unadjusted p = 0.005: adjusted p = &lt:0.001) have positive, and income (unadjusted p = &lt:0.001: adjusted p = &lt:0.001), cooking fuel (unadjusted p = 0.003: adjusted p = 0.091) and easy bike vehicle (unadjusted p = &lt:0.001: adjusted p = 0.288) have negative association with hardship or misery due to COVID-19: death of COVID-19 in the district (unadjusted p = 0.008: adjusted p = 0.037), hardship or misery (adjusted p = 0.005: adjusted p = 0.001), and urban dwelling area (unadjusted p = 0.002: adjusted p = 0.004) have positive, and access to pure drinking water (unadjusted p = 0.005: adjusted p = 0.011) has negative link with corona fear: and, family savings (unadjusted p = 0.001: adjusted p = 0.013), satisfaction in the current job (unadjusted p = &lt:0.001: adjusted p = &lt:0.001), and government medical service (unadjusted p = 0.065: adjusted p = 0.012) have positive affiliation, and household size (unadjusted p = 0.007: adjusted p = 0.020) has negative affiliation with the continuation desire of the current job of respondents. All the obtained results are consistent and have significant policy implications.