Table 2.
Sample characteristics for the 236 accessible articles.
| n | |
|---|---|
| subject area | |
| education | 34 |
| geography, planning and development | 18 |
| sociology and political science | 16 |
| cultural studies | 14 |
| economics and econometrics | 14 |
| business and international management | 12 |
| finance | 10 |
| 44 other social sciences subject-areasa (accounting for less than 10 per area) | 118 |
| year of publication | |
| 2014 | 63 |
| 2015 | 84 |
| 2016 | 69 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| study design | |
| no empirical data | 80 |
| field study | 73 |
| survey | 39 |
| multiple types | 22 |
| case study | 9 |
| laboratory study | 7 |
| commentary with analysis | 3 |
| meta-analysis | 2 |
| other | 1 |
| country of origin | |
| USA | 76 |
| UK | 25 |
| Australia | 17 |
| Germany | 13 |
| 47 other countriesb (accounting for less than 10 per country) | 105 |
| subjects | |
| human | 105 |
| animal | 0 |
| neither human nor animal subjects involved | 131 |
aFor all subject areas, see https://osf.io/7fm96/.
bFor all countries, see https://osf.io/kg7j5/.