Effects of Living Conditions on Livelihood Satisfaction in Sri Lanka: Living Sectors and Tea Industry

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The purpose of this study is to identify the disparity of living conditions and the effects on the living standards’ Satisfaction of the households in the Sri Lanka and on the Tea Industry. Sri Lanka has progressively developed its status as middle low income country, while regional income and social disparity has still remained, especially in estate sector. Tea is a main industry of estates. Past studies indicated that people live in the low quality of housing with low income, while different articles mentioned that number of low income family in rural area is larger than in other sectors. This analysis applies a descriptive method with binary logistic regression. Quantitative analysis relies on the secondary data and qualitative descriptions rely on the primary survey. The qualitative analysis revealed that people living on estates are more likely to feel dissatisfaction compared to those living in urban, rural, and farming areas. Alternatively, the results of the survey showed that residents in three residential areas on the tea industry are not much different regarding their livelihood satisfaction.