Research Article

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

Table 4

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

OccupationStatements and responsesTotalStatistics
Strongly AgreeAgreeUncertainDisagreeStrongly Disagree

Real friends are as easy as ever to find = 46.937,
df = 28,
= 0.05
Hawker12.914.411.524.536.7100.0
Rickshaw Puller9.522.23.225.439.7100.0
Daily Unskilled Labor16.716.75.65.655.6100.0
Contractual Unskilled Labor14.333.39.523.819.0100.0
House Wife0.038.916.75.638.9100.0
SME13.234.07.524.520.8100.0
Skilled Labor20.016.720.023.320.0100.0
Out of Work0.028.642.914.314.3100.0
Total12.321.810.622.333.0100.0

One can always find friends if he or she shows himself friendly
Hawker34.529.517.312.95.8100.0 = 50.795,
df = 28,
= 0.005
Rickshaw Puller39.742.90.09.57.9100.0
Daily Unskilled Labor27.816.716.727.811.1100.0
Contractual Unskilled Labor23.838.114.319.04.8100.0
House Wife16.755.60.011.116.7100.0
SME11.332.120.824.511.3100.0
Skilled Labor10.046.720.020.03.3100.0
Out of Work14.342.914.314.314.3100.0
Total27.535.213.815.87.7100.0

I don’t get invited out by friends as often as I’d really like
Hawker19.422.310.129.518.7100.0 = 36.115,
df = 28,
= 0.05
Rickshaw Puller25.434.915.915.97.9100.0
Daily Unskilled Labor27.816.711.116.727.8100.0
Contractual Unskilled Labor33.314.34.828.619.0100.0
House Wife22.211.15.638.922.2100.0
SME7.534.017.022.618.9100.0
Skilled Labor33.320.06.726.713.3100.0
Out of Work14.342.90.042.90.0100.0
Total21.225.211.225.816.6100.0

Source: survey data.