Coding Scheme – Version 1.

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Code Sub-code Definition Example
A1. Home as place Home as a physical place ‘the place where we were
born’ [Int1]
A2. Home as Home as an emotional ‘’not something tangible’
A. Home as place or feeling state [Int1]
feeling A3. Practical Everyday activities and ‘the place where you live
functions practical functions which alone or accompanied’
take place in the home and [Int1]
contribute to its identity ‘having all your needs
met’ [Int 3]
A4. Home as Home as something we ‘It’s not the place that
created create, a process, rather exists, it’s what you build’
than a given [Int2]
A5. Home as a
place of values and
foundation
A6. Home as a
place of ethical
responsibility
A7. Home as a
secret place
A8. Home as a
protection
B1. Security Feelings of security, safety, ‘feel protected’ [Int1]
or protection associated ‘security and comfort’
with home [Int 1]
B2. Relaxation Associations of rest, ‘where I could relax’
relaxation and peace with [Int1]
home
B3. Love Feeling of loving or being
loved associated with
home
B4. Well-being Generalised sense of well- ‘where you feel good’
being or ‘feeling good’ [Int1]
associated with being at
home
B5. Refuge Home as a refuge, retreat ‘where I get every day
B. Feelings/emotions or place to escape to after a day full of fatigue
associated with home & misery’ [Int.1]
B6. Comfort Feelings of cosiness and ‘to make it cosy,
comfort associated with comfortable’ [Int1]
home
B7. Belonging Feelings of harmony or ‘Where your body, your
identification between the soul and your mind feel
individual and their in harmony with
surroundings or other everything that
people surrounds you’ [Int1]
B8. Blessing Blessing or sacredness as ‘a place blessed’ [Int.2]
 an aspect of home
B9. Welcome Home as a place where
people feel welcome
B10. Happiness Feelings of happiness
associated with home
B11. Peace Home as a place where we
feel both external quiet
and inner peace
B12. Freedom Home as a place where
people feel a sense of
freedom
B14. Tradition
B15. Religion
B16. Enjoyment
B17. Positivity
B18. Leisure time
B19. Closeness
B20. Ease of access
C1. Family Family relationships as a
component of home
C2. Friends Relationships with friends
as a component of home
C3. Warmth and Love and emotional
emotional support warmth as a component of
relationships
C4. Recognition When other people
and acceptance recognise you for who you
are and accept/validate
you
C5. Communion A sense of communion or
unforced belonging with
C. Relationships other people
C6. Everyday Everyday interactions
interactions engaged in by people who
share a home
C7. Sharing Sharing thoughts, feelings
and experiences with other
people
C8. Familiarity Familiarity with those with
whom we share a home
C9. Neighbours Relationships with
neighbours as a
component of home
C10. Trust Trust as a feature of
‘The home is welcoming’
[B9]
‘a home is where we
must make ourselves
happy’ [Int3]
‘Feeling the peace inside
yourself and live without
any stress or problems’
[Int3]
‘I feel free’ [Int1]
‘my friends is my home’
[Int1]
‘know the worst of me
and still help me to be
better every day’
‘we feel valued,
understood, supported,
loved’ [Int1]
‘I know they are on my
side’ [Int1]
‘conversations, jokes,
advice’ [Int1]
‘share your sadness and
happiness’ [Int2]
‘knowing about each
other with no limits’
[Int3]
‘your communication
with your neighbours
makes you feel at home’
[Int3]
‘I trust them in many
 relationships things’ [Int3]
C11. Independence
C12. Relaxing
somewhere else
C13. Honesty
C14. Education
C15. Gathering
C16. Caring
D. Memories Memories associated with
places or groups with
whom we feel at home
E. Continuity E1. Repetition and Home as a place we ‘you want to always
return regularly return to, return’ [Int1]
repetition or continuity of ‘I’ve known the sea all my
experience as a central life’ [Int1]
aspect of home
E2. Custom Custom or tradition as an ‘Custom contributes a
aspect of home feeling of solace and
having a place’ [Int2]
E3. Particular living
environment
F. Country F1. National Emotions and feelings ‘we are in the best
identity around country and country in the world’
national identity [Int1]
F2. Components of Everything that contributes ‘Our cultural heritage is a
nationality to a sense of national fundamental part of our
identity identity as a community’
[Int1]
F3. Social duties