Table 3.
Rohingya refugees’ occupation and income status.
| Types of Employment | Classifications of Occupations | Percentage of Respondents (%) | Monthly income (BDT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petty Traders(self-employed workers and services holders) | Selling rations (Pulse, salt, soap, rice, oil, sugar, eggs, dried fish) and NFI (light, fan, mattress) | 5 | 1000–1500 |
| Tailors, weavers | 4 | 3000–6000 | |
| Others (Importer from Myanmar, Bribe, Taking interest in credit) | |||
| Small shop/ business owner | 12 | 6000–8000 | |
| Hawker/ Vendor (outside of the camp) | |||
| Fishing at outside of the camp | 5 | 10,000–12,000 | |
| Driver (Auto Rickshaw/CNG) | 2 | 12,000–14,000 | |
| Wage Earners/ (Cash for work, 9 to 15 days per month) | Day labor (350 BDT per day) | 50 | 2770–5250 |
| Monthly Salaried Earned (26 days in a month) | Camp Volunteer | 10 | 2000–5000 |
| Human health and social worker | 10 | 3000–4000 | |
| Religious Teacher (Mowlana) | 2 | 5500–12,000 | |
| 100 (N = 66) |
(Source: Field Work, 2020).