From skipping meals to selling assets: COVID-19 and coping strategies of vulnerable Indian households
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced vulnerable Indian households into difficult coping strategies, including skipping meals and selling assets, creating tradeoffs between short-term survival and long-term stability. Research by Lancaster University and IIT Kanpur highlights these impacts.
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed some households in India into difficult and often unsustainable coping strategies, forcing tradeoffs between immediate survival and long-term stability, according to new research by Lancaster University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK).