GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study sought to assess covid-19 pandemic: an empirical study of its implication on the social well-being of the Nigerians. The research design used for the study was Expost-facto. The area of the study was Nigeria. The population comprises of all home economist, social scientists and journalist in Nigeria. A sample fifty (50) respondent was selected for the study using Simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was an interview schedule titled “COVID 19 PANDEMIC IMPLICATION ON SOCIAL WELL- BEING QUESTIONNAIRE” (CPISWQ). Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.81 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as percentage analysis and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study reveals that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic crises in many countries and also to the psychological well-being of citizens thereby increasing unemployment and hard leaving. The study concluded that there is significant effect of covid-19 on social well-being of the Nigerians. The study recommended that the federal and state governments should start an awareness campaign on basic means of overcoming psychological distress on media and in communities generally in Nigeria to foster mental healthiness.

KEYWORDS: Covid-19 Pandemic, Social Well-Being, Nigerians, Implication