The impact of housing design and quality on wellbeing: lived experiences of the home during COVID-19 in London

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Table 1. Deductive and inductive coding categories

DEDUCTIVE Predetermined codes and themes	INDUCTIVE Codes and themes that emerged during interviews and analysis
Participant background	Security
● Household composition and interactions	● Living in ground floor dwellings
● Current work/study situation	● Social distancing in neighbourhood or outdoor spaces
● Daily routine	Cultural expectations
Dwelling characteristics
● Number of floors	● References to other homes as seen on TV and media or previously experienced (childhood or family homes)
● Number of bedrooms and bedspaces	Environmental factors and indoor comfort
● Outdoor and open space	● Subsidence, pests, vibration and odours
● Dwelling age	● Sustainability and energy efficiency
Environmental factors and indoor comfort	● Maintenance problems
● Noise, temperature, lighting, and ventilation	Interactions and experiences exclusive to lockdown
Quality and design of homes	● Homeschooling
● Perception of dwelling size	Interactions with neighbours
Housing preferences	● New household dynamics
● Past and future housing expectations	● Challenges of living in London
Changes in the home	Problems with dwellings
● Remodelling, repairs, purchases, rearranging	● Negative aspects of outdoor space
● Wellbeing	Changes in the home
● Experience of how space impacts their wellbeing	● Agency/control to make changes
● Activities limited by lack of space	● Decor and division of spaces
Experience with COVID-19	Wellbeing
● Self-isolation	● Physical health and wellbeing
● Sickness	Experience of size
● Privacy	● How space is measured by users
	● Participants that have enough space at home
	● Flexibility

Figure 1. Selected participant characteristics (n=50).