Jobs: A publication by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) presents the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on households

View of the headquarters building of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in Yaoundé

The study carried out in March 2021 and whose objectives were to analyze the level of knowledge and behavior of the population vis-à-vis the disease, to assess its impact on employment and income, and to measure household access to basic services, etc. :
     • In terms of job losses: 3.8% heads of household say they have lost their job. They are in proportion a little higher in Douala with 6% and Yaoundé 4.7% than         at the national level and less in the rest of Cameroon which presents 3%. And, 12% of heads of households without a job during the pre-Cocid-19 period,             remained unemployed at the time of the survey.
    • Regarding job changes: 1/10 declares to have lived it. This phenomenon was higher in Douala with 13.6% and in Yaoundé with 11.1% and lower in the rest          of the country, ie 8.8%.
    • The survey also revealed that, across the country, 15.2% of heads of households were disrupted in the exercise of their jobs for various reasons (9.4% by             fear of Covid-19, 20.9% by seasonal work, 9.7% by stopping the activity of his company, and 9.7% by illness).