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Table 1 Characteristics of responding refugee resettlement agencies (n = 101), US, 2020

From: The impact of COVID-19 on service delivery systems: evidence from a survey of United States refugee resettlement agencies

Characteristic

n

%

95% CI

Does your organization house or detain immigrants or refugees?

 Yes

0

0

 

 No

101

100

 

What is your organization’s type?

 Public, federally or state run

8

9.3

3.5–16.0

 Private, for profit or not for profit

49

57.0

46.0–67.5

 Faith-based, with a religious organization

29

33.7

24.1–45.1

How long has your organization been in operation?

 0–9 years

11

11.8

5.4–19.1

 10–19 years

12

12.9

6.6–19.8

 20 or more years

69

74.2

64.9–82.7

 Don’t know

1

1.1

0.0–3.3

All or most of our staff are:

 Working on site, continuing services

24

23.8

15.8–32.7

 Working off site, continuing services

72

71.3

62.4–80.2

 Discontinued services

5

5.0

1.0–9.9

How many refugees and immigrants do serve annually?

 Less than 100 clients

10

14.1

5.6–22.5

 100–499 clients

23

32.4

21.2–43.7

 500–999 clients

18

25.4

15.5–35.2

 1000 or more clients

20

28.2

18.3–38.0

Do you have guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19?

 Yes

82

98.8

96.3–100.0

 No

1

1.2

0.0–3.7

  1. Frequencies include refugee resettlement agencies who responded to each question. Agencies that did not respond to the question of interest (missing values) are not included