A study on factors that influence economic sustainability among Person with Disabilities (PWDS) entrepreneur during COVID-19 / Yasmin Zailan and Nurul Natasha Abd Manap

The purpose of this paper was to study on factors that influence economic sustainability among Person with Disabilities (PWDs) Entrepreneur during Covid-19. The study was carried between July 2021 until February 2022. This study employed a probability sampling technique in collecting the survey data. The result of the study revealed five important findings. First, the respondents agreed that their economic sustainability was decrease during Covid-19 pandemic. Second, there is significant relationship between income and economic sustainability among person with disabilities (PWDs) entrepreneur during Covid-19. The third is there is significant relationship between disability and economic sustainability among person with disabilities (PWDs) entrepreneur during Covid-19. The fourth is there is significant relationship between entrepreneurship skills and economic sustainability among person with disabilities (PWDs) entrepreneur during Covid-19 and last is the strongest independent variables that influence economic sustainability is income as the Beta value was the highest among the other independent variables. Therefore, this studies uniquely positions itself to make both theoretical and empirical contributions to the multi-domain literature including economic and phycology.