The decrease in nuclear families and the sharp increase in the number of women entering the workforce have led to an eventual need for a helping hand to work within the home. However, house-helps provide lower middle-class poor households with a stable source of income. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, maids, who are vital to a household's financial stability, are feeling anxious. The COVID-19 pandemic crisis had an effect on their way of life because of a lack of socio-economic safety. They run the risk of being fired if they skip work out of fear of contracting COVID-19. I conducted extensive interviews with household helpers. In order to determine how the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown affected female house helps as well as how their situation changed once the lockdown was lifted, the aim of this study is to evaluate these consequences. In light of the fact that over 97% of respondents said they had lost their jobs during the lockdown, it is concluded that the lockdown had a considerable negative impact on employment and income.
The study also demonstrates that, even after the lockdown was lifted, employers forbade their workers from reporting to work right away out of concern that they might become ill. The number of households where those who were able to obtain jobs resided decreased significantly when compared to the number of homes where they previously held employment prior to the epidemic.
Because of the great financial troubles they were going through, it was found that they were quite stressed out and had trouble obtaining supplies other than COVID-19 which were essential for survival. Most importantly, rather than just quantifying the effects of mental health issues on daily life, the study seeks to comprehend them.
