Thematic Analysis of Qualitative Data

THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF
QUALITATIVE DATA

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
RESULTS........................................................................................................................................1
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

TOPIC
Young People and Rough Sleeping in London
INTRODUCTION
Rough sleepers are those sleepers who sleep or are bedded down in open air such as: streets,
bus shelters etc. There are more than 15 percent people who sleep rough in UK. In fact, this
figure is continuously increasing (Mackie, Johnsen and Wood, 2018). Rough sleepers tend to
find place where they can sleep such as empty offices, building etc. These people who sleep
rough tend to move towards smoking, drugs, weed etc. This this report analysis of two transcript
will be done in which interview of two rough sleepers have been taken. In result sections themes
will be made based on both the transcript in order to be analysed and then based on the themes of
result section discussion will be done. In this thematic analysis of two transcript will be dome.
One transcript is of a 24 years old girl named Gemma. Person about whom the second transcript
is unknown but is named as L.
RESULTS
Childhood Experience and family history
It has been observed that not all people are born rough sleepers. One of the main reasons
because of which people run towards rough sleeping lifestyle or hardship is their family history
or childhood experience (Mackie, Johnsen and Wood, 2017). Many times, people do not have a
fruitful childhood experience because of disturbance in the family. Many times, due to certain
things or changes within family members or issues, childhood experience of children get
disturbed. This research explains how family experience of people changes or effect then both
internally and externally such as:
As said by Gemma- her father was not a very nice person, in fact he used to hit her
mother. Once because of this police was also called and according to her they also found drugs
within their flat because of which she was send to care homes.
According to L when her mother’s partner moved in with them and when they had a
baby, he used because quite strict and did not want her to live with them.
These childhood experiences and family issues affects a child both internally and
externally. Many times, due to these issues it becomes difficult for children to live peacefully at
their homes and some way or the other they leave home.
Experience after leaving home and temporary accommodation
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