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

Table 2

Comparative scenario of social isolation in relation to place of living (in percent) ().

Factor	Level	Camp		Slum
		Not feeling isolated	Feeling isolated	Not feeling isolated	Feeling isolated
Age	Below 20	10.9	14.0	18.5	12.1
	20–29	34.5	16.3	31.9	33.3
	30–39	18.2	23.3	22.7	27.3
	40–49	21.8	16.3	17.6	19.7
	50–59	5.5	11.6	7.6	3.0
	60 and Above	9.1	18.6	1.7	4.5
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sex	Male	80.0	79.1	79.0	83.3
	Female	20.0	20.9	21.0	16.7
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Education	Illiterate	58.1	69.8	43.7	47.0
	Primary	16.4	20.9	21.8	23.5
	Secondary	25.5	7.0	32.8	22.7
	Higher Secondary	0.0	2.3	1.7	6.8
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Occupation	Hawker	3.6	0.0	58.0	51.5
	Rickshaw Puller	12.7	14.0	18.5	21.2
	Daily Unskilled Labor	1.8	7.0	5.0	6.1
	Contractual Unskilled Labor	12.7	11.6	5.0	2.3
	House Wife	10.9	7.0	3.4	3.8
	SME	32.7	23.3	9.2	10.6
	Skilled Labor	18.2	34.9	0.8	3.0
	Out of Work	7.3	2.3	0.0	1.5
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: survey data.