Table 1 Coding and theme development
Stage | Transaction | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Field observations | Interviews | Detainees’ comments | ||
1 | Three Datasets collated between May and August 2012 ↓ | 10 field observations over a three month period (May-Aug 2012) | 6 interviews during August 2012 | 148 detainees’ comments over a three month period (May-Aug 2012) |
2 | Coding of all transcriptions/datasets ↓ | 20 codes obtained from field observations | 186 Codes obtained from six interviews (four COs and two nurses) | 24 codes obtained from detainee comments |
3 | First sorting of codes into emergent-themes ↓ | 12 emergent-themes identified | 22 emergent-themes identified | 7 emergent-themes |
4 | Higher-level themes developed from emergent-themes ↓ | 4 higher-level themes generated | 5 higher-level themes generated | 4 higher-level themes generated |
5 | Review of codes against transcript section – and reassignment of code to higher-level theme if necessary | This stage not applicable to this dataset | Six new emergent-themes identified - data eventually arranged into:5 higher level themes, 28 emergent-themes & 186 codes | This stage not applicable to this dataset |
Codes: Emergent Themes: Higher Level Themes: | 20 12 4 | 186 28 5 | 24 7 4 | |