Social and Ethnic Segregation of Muslim community in Matara District, Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.author	Gamachchige, R.N.
dc.contributor.author	Thennakoon, T.M.S.P.K.
dc.contributor.author	Thrimawithana, R.T.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-08T06:25:42Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-08T06:25:42Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02
dc.identifier.citation	Gamachchige, R.N., Thennakoon, T.M.S.P.K., Thrimawithana, R.T., (2017), "Social and Ethnic Segregation of Muslim community in Matara District, Sri Lanka", International Journal o f Conceptions on management and Social Sciences, Vol.5 (1), 52-55 pp.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2357 - 2787
dc.identifier.uri	http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/7157
dc.description.abstract	Attached	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses the process and characteristics of social and ethnic segregation in Sri Lankan Muslim community. The research is aimed at analyzing the ethnic segregation of Muslim community in Matara district. A sample survey to investigate the segregation process and its characteristics was conducted in two DS divisions selected based on the index value and Muslim population density. The Study revealed that the causes of segregation were their higher birth rate and weak economic status which led to vertical segregation of Muslim community in Weligama and Welipitiya DS Divisions. The dissimilarity index, which is a primary statistical measurements of segregation provided evidence of a high Muslim segregation in Matara.
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Social and Ethnic segregation; Muslims; dissimilarity index; Matara	en_US
dc.title	Social and Ethnic Segregation of Muslim community in Matara District, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US