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

Table 3

Statistically significant relations between “place of living” and selected “statements & responses” (in percent) ().

Place of Living	Statements and responses					Total	Statistics
	Strongly Agree	Agree	Uncertain	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
	Most people today rarely feel lonely
Camp	9.2	40.8	21.4	23.5	5.1	100.0	= 11.670,; df = 4,; = 0.05
Slum	11.6	23.5	26.7	27.1	11.2	100.0
Total	10.9	28.4	25.2	26.1	9.5	100.0
	Real friends are as easy as ever to find
Camp	12.2	33.7	14.3	22.4	17.3	100.0	= 20.671,; df = 4,; = 0.001
Slum	12.4	17.1	9.2	22.3	39.0	100.0
Total	12.3	21.8	10.6	22.3	33.0	100.0
	I don’t get to visit friends as often as I’d really like
Camp	14.3	33.7	13.3	25.5	13.3	100.0	= 16.149,; df = 4,; α = 0.005
Slum	30.3	30.3	17.9	14.3	7.2	100.0
Total	25.8	31.2	16.6	17.5	8.9	100.0
	One can always find friends if he shows himself friendly
Camp	7.1	50.0	12.2	21.4	9.2	100.0	= 32.336,; df = 4,; = 0.001
Slum	35.5	29.5	14.3	13.5	7.2	100.0
Total	27.5	35.2	13.8	15.8	7.7	100.0

Source: survey data.