ABSTRACT
The ongoing pandemic has increased stress and problems for people of all age groups. There has been a drastic change in the life of people due to this pandemic because of which they are suffering from mental stress, financial problems, anxiety, etc. Different measures such as lockdown and social distancing were adopted by almost every country to control the pandemic. People have lost jobs, have got salary cuts, and are suffering from great financial losses due to these measures which are causing mental stress to the people. The youth is also facing much problems due to closing of educational institutions, sudden shift toward online mode of education, and nonavailability of jobs due to falling economy in COVID. Hence, we prepared a questionnaire about the problems faced by people. The questions were divided into three sections – education, health, and lifestyle.
The questionnaire was filled by individuals in the age group of 17–30 years in India. Responses were collected and analyzed using statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms such as KNN, logistic regression, and SVM. To compare the situations of the people in India with that in the other parts of the globe, we extracted data from Twitter. The results were plotted graphically to get a better understanding of data and the result set. Accuracy was calculated, and a confusion matrix was drawn to validate our calculations and conclusions.
