Table 2.

Sample Codebook

Theme	Code	Sample quote
Experiences with food security	Food security	There were days where we would go for a few days without food or even minimal—maybe a can of vegetables or something a day.
	Food quality	Luckily, I've got loads of macaroni and cheese stocked up—or ramen noodles or little things like that.
	Federal food assistance	Right now I'm getting food stamps. I just started getting them again. I was also on them about three years ago. I found it really hard to stretch them out throughout the month to make ends meet for food.
	Local food assistance	We could never actually get any food from the food pantry because the only food pantry we could get to was a Salvation Army. They're not too fond of my kind.
	Employment status	I had a job that I quickly lost, because I tried to come out as trans. They were not happy with that. I resigned.
Health outcomes	Physical health outcomes	As far as specifically in the past, eating really unhealthy food, because it was cheaper. Gained weight, and felt sick and tired all the time. Your quality of life really suffers when you put unhealthy things into your body.
	Mental health outcomes	Stress is pretty negative on your body. You start losing sleep and being more agitated easily over things that would not necessarily have agitated you before, if you have had enough food and not stressing about it.
	Support systems	I generally lean on my chosen family in times of high stress and coping with things that are hard, like not being able to afford food.