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Table 3 Average monthly income (in BDT) of the respondents (before and after the refugee arrival in 2017

From: From solidarity to resistance: host communities’ evolving response to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Professions

No. of respondents

Teknaf

Ukhiya

Cox’s Bazar town

  

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Local small traders

38

15,000

10,000

14,000

8500

17,000

17,000

Farmer

33

12,000

7500

12,000

6000

15,000

13,000

Fishing sector worker

34

8700

6000

8300

5300

11,000

8000

NGO/private job

38

10,000

40,000

10,000

43,000

12,000

40,000