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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Aug 12;67(9):1391–1399. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.005

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