The Assessment of Being Worker and Single - Mother During the COVID-19 Period

The COVID-19 pandemic has an effect on economic and social life because of the measures restrict or terminate many activities. The main measure is staying at home, not working or working at home, social distances and all social and economic activities are postponed except buying food and hygiene goods. Education, transportation, social activities, working which is not included health, food, and main needs services are restricted approximately 3 months. During this time, people have to cope with many social and economic issues such as poverty, lack of income, taking care of the kids or elderly family members, etc. In this study, the special group consists of women who are single mothers, workers, and the age of their children is changing between 3-15 years. The aim of this selection is that they need education and care, so the main responsible actor is a mother because of closing school and staying at home. The other cause of this selection is that poverty risk is deeper for single-mother than families which consist of father, mother, and children. The question of this study is that “How the single - mothers are affected by the COVID - 19 in terms of economic, social and individual aspect. As for the economic aspect, the impact of not working or working at home on the income are analyzed. While the relationship between mothers and children during the pandemic process points to the social aspect of this study, the self-reliance and the adequacy feelings indicate the individual aspect. In this research, the qualitative research design is constructed given that the aim of this study is the single mother’s perception with respect to the economic and social issues during the pandemic period. To collect data, 18 depth-interviews has been made by using snowball sampling. The data analysis is aligned with content analysis which helps determine the categorizes and theme with respect to frequency of concept. The final stage is the comprising of suggestions to be claimed by women to struggle with poverty, economical/social vulnerabilities.