The Impact of Covid-19 on the Activities of the Small and Medium Micro Business Households (MSMES) In East Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara Province

ABSTRACT : This research takes the title “The Impact of COVID-19 on Home Industry Activities of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in East Lombok Regency”. The aim of this research is to analyze the impact of Covid – 19 on income and added value of household processed industries in Lombok Regency East. The research method was carried out by means of a survey by taking a sample of 60 respondent business units. The method used for sampling was snowball sampling by looking at the characteristics of the household industry. Most of the characteristics of the small household industry are doing their activities at the respondent’s house and selling in crowded places that are densely populated and visitors in the city of Selong. The education level of respondents on average graduated from junior high school (SMP) and senior high school (SMA) with the lowest 3 years of business experience in the food processing industry and the highest 10 years. with an average length of time working more than 10 hours a day .. The average income earned by informal workers is below IDR 2,000,000, – as much as 46.67% and 30.33% of their income is above IDR 3,000,000. respondents averaged over Rp. 4,000,000, as much as 23%