Table 5.

Description of codes use for answers about the how religion influences death-related practice

Code	Explanation	Sample Answer
Religion as informing or determining rituals	Explicit mention of how religion or an aspect of religion helps determine death ritual	“Because religion is the one that teaches us what we have to do. When someone dies, to pray for them and visit them.”
Simply describing the rituals	Mention of the ritual without explicit connection to religion	“In the prayings, rosaries that take place, and candles.”
Connections to día de los muertos	Connection made between religion and día de los muertos	“My mother taught us that the catholic religion goes together with the ‘ofrendas’“
Decay of the physical body or continuation of the soul	Reference about decay of the physical body or about continued existence of the soul	“By praying and having requiems the dead rests more in the afterlife.”