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Table 2 Quantitative results of the summative coding of the articles

From: Agenda-setting for Canadian caregivers: using media analysis of the maternity leave benefit to inform the compassionate care benefit

Search term

Years

Number of hits (total times search term mentioned)

Number of pages (total number of articles with search term in it)

Number of articles saved after review*

Number of articles coded as “process”*

Number of articles coded as “problem”*

Number of articles coded as “political process”*

Maternity Leave

January 1960 – December 1965

230

7

40

0

0

0

January 1965 – December 1970

445

125

5

5

1

1

January 1970 – December 1975

570

171

21

7

4

0

January 1975- December 1980

474

156

5

3

4

1

January 1980- December 1985

1,194

265

20

15

9

6

January 1985 – December 1990

937

25

15

3

3

0

January 1990- December 1995

666

210

10

3

9

1

January 1995 – December 200

801

233

14

10

9

2

January 2000- December 2005

874

242

11

6

7

1

January 2005-December 2010

n/a

247

7

5

4

3

Maternity Benefit

January 1960 – December 1965

57

25

1

1

0

0

January 1965 – December 1970

109

44

6

5

1

2

January 1970 – December 1975

226

68

9

9

3

1

January 1975- December 1980

166

57

5

2

4

1

January 1980- December 1985

373

99

19

13

4

4

January 1985 – December 1990

326

110

16

14

7

2

January 1990- December 1995

207

76

2

0

2

0

January 1995- December 2000

306

103

4

2

3

1

January 2000- December 2005

286

88

0

0

0

0

January 2005- December 2010

n/a

54

3

3

1

0

Total

n/a

2,698

163

106

75

n/a

26

  1. *Certain articles may have been coded in multiple categories, resulting in total numbers for each category not adding up to reflect the total number of articles reviewed.