Thesis:

Investigating the impact of the corona virus on urban households in Razavi Khorasan province and analyzing their consumption behavior using data mining techniques.

After the Second World War, the world has not experienced exceptional conditions like the Corona virus. Most of the economic crises have been caused by a financial or economic crisis in recent decades, but the corona virus epidemic was a widespread health event that affected the society and economy around the world. It also affected the consumption pattern and consumer behavior. This epidemy has affected people's well-being and increased the unemployment, poverty and decreased the economic growth. The destructive consequences of the Covid-11 disease have different aspects. Corona virus, not only caused crises and dangers for healthcare in different nations, but it was also affected politics, economy, culture, sports and society. The most important effect of the corona virus was on the economy. All powerful countries around the world failed facing it. The spread of the corona virus in Iran had a great impact on this country’s economy. According to economic experts of Iran, the analysis of corona virus epidemy effects is a bit more complicated. Because, in addition to the damages of the global economy, Iran's economy will witness more damages due to its dependence on oil, international sanctions, negative economic growth, high inflation, etc. Mashhad metropolis is the third city in the country in terms of inefficient urban structures. There are more than 2,000 hectares of dilapidated structures (with an approximate population of 025,000 people) and 3,414 hectares of informal settlements (with an approximate population of more than 122,000 people) in Mashhad shows its vulnerability to the spread of the Corona virus. Therefore, examining the economic dimensions of the disease outbreak will provide important policy implications. The effects of the Covid-19 virus epidemic were such that it deeply affected most economic and social aspects, the life and business of households and economic enterprises. The main issue of the current research is the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the behavior of households in replacing the virtual purchase of goods and services. In this regard, the current research tries to provide a new insight into the economic effects of the corona virus pandemic.

Keywords: Corona, economy, data mining, household expenses