Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on household income: integrative review

Abstract

The Coronavirus belongs to a family of viruses that affect the respiratory tract and was discovered on December 31, 2019. As a new virus it was called Covid-19 or Sars-Cov-2. To reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, health authorities around the world have implemented social isolation measures to contain the spread of the disease. Therefore, the general objective of the present study was to investigate the change in income in families due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An Integrative Literature Review was carried out using the acronym “PCC” for the guiding question. The search took place in “Scielo”, “Lilacs” and “Pubmed” and data collection was based on criteria involving the quality of studies in “social sciences” and “health sciences” in Brazil. The analysis of the studies took place involving the 6 levels of evidence, with descriptive mapping based on the principles of scientific communication to present the review with its purposes, results and prerogatives. 7 studies were selected in the composition of the results. The decrease in family income affected all social classes, as well as different professional sectors and all educational levels. Therefore, it is important to construct proposals to subsidize interventions in different social segments.