Statistics Of Homelessness In Malaysia

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Statistics of homelessness in malaysia. By 1980 the population was 13 136 100 saw 2007. Based on a study by the jabatan kebajikan masyarakat jkm in 2010 the latest statistics of homeless people in malaysia indicates that there are 1 646 homeless people with 1 387 of them in kuala lumpur. For malaysia there are no official statistics. Percentages on definition of homelessness in malaysia n 55 definition percentages frequencies primary homelessness o r rooflessness.

Furthermore the vast majority of the homeless people are families of a single people who are not sleeping rough. Malaysia s population has been steadily increasing. Lack of data including person specific data hinders prioritising services for those. In 1970 the total population of malaysia was 10 439 430 chander fernandez johnson 1970.

The true reality is that the meaning of homeless is when people sleeping on the streets and that were the most extreme form of homelessness. This category includes persons living in the streets without a shelter that would fall within the scope of living quarters 70 9 39 secondary homelessness. 1 1 a study conducted by the kuala lumpur city council dbkl has revealed that the number of homeless people in kuala lumpur stands at 1 500 2 000 as of february 2016. A number of homeless people have named low wages as a factor in homelessness.

By 1991 it was 18 38 million and the 2000 census recorded the population at 23 27 million department of statistics malaysia 2005. Abstract this paper discusses the issues of homelessness in malaysia what constitutes and causes homelessness in malaysia and how the society and government can help this marginalised group according to public opinion. In 2005 the world homeless population was estimated to be 100 million but depending on definitions could be as high as 1 6 billion hamad 2017. To identify the way to prevent homeless in malaysia homelessness has been exists in many different of forms.

These figures show a threefold increase of homeless people since 2014 where only 600 homeless people were recorded. Homeless world cup foundation 2018. 99 in johor bharu johor and 10 in kuching sarawak 3. 150 in georgetown penang.