Social Exclusion and Its Impact on Economic Conditions

The main objectives of the present study was to measure the level of social exclusion of Muslims and Christians community in Gujrat city, to measure the quality of economic conditions of Muslims and Christians in Gujrat city and to find whether there is an association between social exclusion and their economic conditions. A survey method was used as a technique of data collection, interview schedule was developed to collect data and it was pretested on eight respondents. Quota sampling technique was used to draw 200 respondents from both categories, form city Gujrat. Collection data was edited, coded and computerized. SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) was use to analyze data. Tables were generated to show frequency and percentages. Statistical test (Chi-Square) was used to measure association between dependent and independent variables. A great significance was seen after the data analysis and interpretation. The study findings indicated that majority of the Christian respondents were socially excluded due to which they might have poor economic conditions. On the other hand Muslims are neither socially excluded nor they have poor economic conditions like Christians.