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Table 1 Document characteristics

From: Ethical considerations for closing humanitarian projects: a scoping review

Document characteristics

Source, n (%)

 Academic article

27 (45%)

 Agency/interagency reports

24 (40%)

 Books or book chapters

9 (15%)

 Total

60*

Year, m

 Mode

2012

 Range

1965–2018

 Total

60*

Organizations, n (%)

 None specified

18 (29%)

 Médecins Sans Frontières

10 (16%)

 The International Committee of the Red Cross

9 (15%)

 The International Federation of the Red Cross

4 (6%)

 United Nations related

4 (6%)

 The Inter-Agency Standing Committee

3 (5%)

 Médecins du Monde

2 (3%)

 World Health Organization, OXFAM, CARE, INSEAD Humanitarian Research Group, C-SAFE, Acting with Churches, The Global Management Project, The Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster, All in Diary, Solidarités International, Trócaire, Australian Government Disaster Management Team

12 × 1 (19%)

 Total

62*

Location, n (%)

 Not specified

42 (65%)

 Syria

3 (5%)

 Palestine

2 (3%)

 Iraq

2 (3%)

 South Africa

2 (3%)

 South East Asia, East Timor, Uganda, Israel, France, Brazil, North Ireland, East Africa, Indonesia, Haiti, Myanmar, Libya, Jordan, Liberia

14 × 1 (22%)

 Total

65*

Crisis type, n (%)

 Not specified

18 (28%)

 All humanitarian crises

15 (23%)

 Armed conflict

9 (14%)

 Natural disasters

7 (11%)

 Refugee/IDPs

6 (9%)

 Urban violence

4 (6%)

 War

2 (3%)

 Violence below threshold of armed conflict, food insecurity, undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, political instability

4 × 1 (6%)

 Total

65*

  1. *Totals greater than 60 indicate one or more documents that specify more than one organization, location, or crisis