Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Financial stress, financial literacy, and financial insecurity in India's informal sector during COVID-19 Subject The topic of the resource behavioral finance; financial hardships; pandemic; personal financial management; street vendors Description An account of the resource The lockdowns and restrictions imposed to control COVID-19 have made life miserable for people, especially those involved in informal economic activities. The pandemic induced financial hardships, caused financial anxiety and financial stress among informal sector participants. This study aimed to measure and analyze the financial stress and financial insecurity of one of the important informal sector elements (street vendors) in India. Street vendors in Bangalore were interviewed in this descriptive research through personal interaction and telephonic interviews. The collected primary data were processed using SPSS statistical package. The results have indicated that the pandemic inflicted financial stress on street vendors irrespective of their gender, marital status, age, education, monthly income, and type of product dealt. Financial stress levels varied depending on the number of dependents of street vendors and their business nature. Financial literacy differed according to street vendors' marital status. A person becomes extremely sensitive and cautious in personal finance matters on getting married. Financial stress and financial literacy correlated negatively. 89.5% of street vendors perceived that they had financial insecurity in the future due to this pandemic. The results indicated that financial stress and financial literacy did not affect financial insecurity perceptions of street vendors. The predictors of financial insecurity have been marital status and the number of dependents of the street vendors (r2: 16.6%). However, marital status alone impacted the 6% variance in financial insecurity. This study concluded that the pandemic caused financial stress and financial insecurity among street vendors, but not financial stress and financial literacy. Thangaraj Ravikumar, Mali Sriram, S Girish, R Anuradha, M Gnanendra, 2022. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ravikumar T.; Sriram M.; Girish S.; Anuradha R.; Gnanendra M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Vol-19, No. 2, pp. 285-294. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available LLC CPC Business Perspectives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.21511/imfi.19(2).2022.25" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.21511/imfi.19(2).2022.25</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135114196&amp;doi=10.21511%2Fimfi.19%282%29.2022.25&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8fedf6c89e6b2d96c3b7bc8be10aec80" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85135114196&amp;doi=10.21511%2fimfi.19%282%29.2022.25&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8fedf6c89e6b2d96c3b7bc8be10aec80</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 18104967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ravikumar T., School of Business and Management, Christ University, India; Sriram M., School of Business and Management, Christ University, India; Girish S., School of Commerce Finance and Accountancy, Christ University, India; Anuradha R., School of Business and Management, Christ University, India; Gnanendra M., School of Business and Management, Christ University, India