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Table 1 Overview of the study design and different phases of research

From: Collective imaginaries of caring landscapes for rural youth: a concept mapping study in northern Sweden

 

Phase one

Phase two

Phase three

Time period

August – September 2019

October – November 2019

December 2019 – January 2020

Participants

Young people 63 (29 women, 33 men, 1 not either or)

Young people 6 (4 women, 2 men)

Young people 3 (all women)

Professionals 44 (33 women, 11 men)

Professionals 25 (19 women, 6 men)

Professionals 16 (11 women, 5 men)

Methodological approach

‘Secondary’ analysis

Researchers re-analysed qualitative data collected during previous research.

Workshop

Participants brainstormed to identify strategies.

Concept mapping

Participants sorted and rated the identified strategies.

Analytical approach

Qualitative

The researchers’ analysed the transcribed and previously collected interviews to identify strategies and developed five thematic clusters of strategies.

Qualitative

The researchers’ synthesised strategies identified in the workshop and developed a conceptual map with six thematic clusters of strategies.

Mixed methodology

The researchers’ used multivariate statistical methods to summarise the identified strategies and develop a conceptual map illustrating five clusters of strategies.