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

Table 6

Value of Pearson correlation () between the items and “social isolation” variable.

Statement(s)	Value of Pearson correlation ()	Level of significance ()
People are just naturally friendly and helpful	0.428	0.01
The world in which we live is basically a friendly place	0.411	0.01
Real friends are as easy as ever to find	0.401	0.01
One can always find friends if he shows himself friendly	0.385	0.01
I don’t get invited out by friends as often as I’d really like	0.307	0.01
I don’t get to visit friends as often as I’d really like	0.267	0.01
Sometimes I feel all alone in the world	0.213	0.01
There are few dependable ties between people any more	0.143	0.01
Most people today rarely feel lonely	0.128	0.05

Source: survey data.