Table 3.
Daily stressors in Bangladesh and Myanmar
| Bangladesh Daily Stress: “During the past month have you had a serious problem.. .” | % | Myanmar Daily Stress: “In Myanmar did you generally have a serious problem.. .” | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Because you do not have enough income, money, or resources to live” | 95% | “Because you do not have enough income, money, or resources to live” | 30% |
| “Food, for example, because you do not have enough food, or good enough food, or because you are not able to cook food” | 79% | “Food, for example, because you do not have enough food, or good enough food, or because you are not able to cook food” | 24% |
| “Because your family are not in school, or are not getting a good enough education” | 72% | “Because your family are not in school, or are not getting a good enough education” | 84% |
| “Move between places, for example, problems with travel due to checkpoints, extortion, being turned back while trying to travel to a place, etc.” | 66% | “Move between places, for example, problems with travel due to checkpoints, extortion, being turned back while trying to travel to a place, etc.” | 96% |
| “Suitable place to live in, for example because of inadequate shelters or amount of space” | 62% | “Suitable place to live in, for example because of inadequate shelters or amount of space” | 7% |
| “Safe access to clean toilet and sanitation facilities” | 62% | “Safe access to clean toilet and sanitation facilities” | 11% |
| “Physical health, for example, because you have a physical illness, injury, or disability” | 62% | “Physical health, for example, because you have a physical illness, injury, or disability” | 42% |
| “Water that is safe for drinking or cooking” | 60% | “Water that is safe for drinking or cooking” | 17% |
| “Fair access to the aid that is available from agencies working in the area” | 47% | “Fair access to the aid that is available from agencies working in the area” | 44% |
| “Not safe or protected where you live now, for example, because of conflict, violence or crime in your community” | 14% | “Not safe or protected where you lived, for example, because of conflict, violence or crime in your community” | 66% |
| “Harassment by the local population, for example being threatened, insulted, or extorted, etc.” | 13% | “Harassment by the local population, for example being threatened, insulted, or extorted, by Rakhine, Hindu, or Dinet, etc.” | 97% |
| “Harassment by police or security forces, for example being threatened, insulted, or extorted, etc.” | 4% | “Harassment by police or security forces, for example being threatened, insulted, or extorted, etc.” | 98% |