Social Isolation of the Stateless and the Destitute: A Study on the Refugee-Camp and the Sullied Slum of Dhaka City

Table 1

Subjective perception of feeling isolation in relation to demographic variables (in percent) ().

Factor	Level	Social isolation		Total
		Not feeling isolated	Feeling isolated
Place of living	Camp	56.1	43.9	100.0
	Slum	47.4	52.6	100.0
	Total	49.9	50.1	100.0
Sex	Male	48.9	51.1	100.0
	Female	53.7	46.3	100.0
	Total	49.9	50.1	100.0
Education	Illiterate	47.7	52.3	100.0
	Primary	46.7	53.3	100.0
	Secondary	61.6	38.4	100.0
	Higher Secondary	16.7	83.3	100.0
	Total	49.9	50.1	100.0
Occupation	Hawker	51.1	48.9	100.0
	Rickshaw Puller	46.0	54.0	100.0
	Daily Unskilled Labor	38.9	61.1	100.0
	Contractual Unskilled Labor	61.9	38.1	100.0
	House Wife	55.6	44.4	100.0
	SME	54.7	45.3	100.0
	Skilled Labor	36.7	63.3	100.0
	Out of Work	57.1	42.9	100.0
	Total	49.9	50.1	100.0
Age	Below 20	56.0	44.0	100.0
	20–29	52.8	47.2	100.0
	30–39	44.6	55.4	100.0
	40–49	50.0	50.0	100.0
	50–59	57.1	42.9	100.0
	60 and Above	33.3	66.7	100.0
	Total	49.9	50.1	100.0

Source: survey data.