Table 2.
Major coding categories and their frequencies by country.
| United Kingdom | United States | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codes | Number of Codes Applied | Number Interviews Codes Applied To | Percentage of Interviews | Number of Codes Applied | Number of Interviews Codes Applied To | Percentage of Interviews | |
| Experimental Factors | 171 | 80 | 63% | 138 | 69 | 59% | |
| Race | 12 | 10 | 8% | 4 | 4 | 3% | |
| Gender | 5 | 5 | 4% | 3 | 3 | 3% | |
| Age | 67 | 46 | 36% | 43 | 30 | 26% | |
| SES | 43 | 33 | 26% | 62 | 44 | 38% | |
| Weight | 37 | 31 | 24% | 30 | 25 | 21% | |
| Physical Characteristics | 291 | 116 | 91% | 130 | 81 | 69% | |
| Psychological/Cognitive Characteristics | 435 | 118 | 93% | 352 | 114 | 97% | |
| Other Social Characteristics | 87 | 58 | 46% | 80 | 58 | 50% | |
| Social Support | 70 | 50 | 40% | 74 | 57 | 49% | |
| Lifestyle | 6 | 4 | 3% | 3 | 3 | 3% | |
| Style of Interaction | 81 | 54 | 43% | 49 | 38 | 32% | |
| Generic Patient Characteristics | 268 | 110 | 87% | 280 | 101 | 86% | |
| Total | 1573 | 127 | 127 | 1248 | 117 | 117 | |