Table 2

Proportion of debates coded by policy goal1, 2, 3

Equity

Security

Liberty

Efficiency





n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%


2004

37187

34

20642

19

51497

47

24921

23

2007

15964

29

15213

27

20777

37

19421

35


1 For 2004 debates, the denominator = 108536 words (i.e. total number of words in ALL 2004 debates)

2 For 2007 debates, the denominator = 55530 words (i.e. total number of words in ALL 2007 debates)

3 These percentages aggregate all stakeholders and political parties. Percentages represent proportion of text where specified themes were found. Paragraphs often made reference to more than one concept; therefore paragraphs were often coded for multiple themes.

Esmail and Kohler Globalization and Health 2012 8:7   doi:10.1186/1744-8603-8-7

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