Note: Figures in parenthesis are percentages.
Our findings highlight some of the financial and social distresses faced by these entrepreneurs at an individual, household and enterprise level. We acknowledge that our study has the limitations of a phone survey conducted during the lockdown. First, our study suffers from potential selection bias and positively skewed income and closure variables since entrepreneurs with lower household-level stress, or better business performance are likely to respond to survey calls. Additionally, not all information could be triangulated since the information was self-reported. Second, the survey was conducted at a time of peak stress across families and hence the responses on questions regarding time use and stress levels, even among those who consented to the survey, are likely to be over-reported. We also acknowledge that the pandemic may be a contributing factor to business outcomes, but cannot be attributed as the sole reason for business perf