Survey on Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Households Report: Wave One

Abstract

Results of the first wave of the Survey on the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Households, undertaken by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics to support the National Coordination Committee on the Response to the Corona Virus Pandemic in assessing the economic effects of the pandemic. The labour force participation rate of the population aged 18 years and above in the seven days preceding the survey was 56.8 per cent; about two in three males were in the labour force while slightly more than half of females were outside it. The report covers employment and working hours, income, housing and rent, food security, education and health during the pandemic.