Table 1 List of variables included in the quantitative analysis
From: Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis
Domain | Variable | Source | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
Donors’ disbursements | Health aid | CRS | This variable was a sum of the following variablesa: 1- Health General (121) 2- Basic Health (122) 3- Non-communicable diseases (123) 4- Population Policies/Programmes & Reproductive Health (130) |
Humanitarian aid | CRS | This variable was a sum of the following variablesb: 1- Emergency response (720) 2- Reconstruction, relief, and rehabilitation (730) 3- Disaster prevention and preparedness (740) | |
Crisis Timeline | Number of IDPs | IDMC | Refers to people who are forced to leave their homes but have not crossed their national borders to find safety, unlike refugees, who have settled in or left for areas outside the national border [36]. |
Number of people in need of humanitarian assistance | OCHA | Humanitarian aid programmes focus on saving lives in the short term [37], | |
Frequency of internal movements due to the conflict and violence only | IDMC | Conflict, violence, and disasters, including floods, storms and droughts, force many people who have already been displaced to flee again; if the same person moves four times a year, four moves are recorded [38]. | |
Decline in Syria’s population | UN | This variable was extracted from United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Population Division |