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Code Saturation Versus Meaning Saturation: How Many Interviews Are Enough?
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Saturation is a core guiding principle to determine sample sizes in qualitative research, yet little methodological research exists on parameters that influence saturation. Our study compared two approaches to assessing saturation: code saturation and meaning saturation. We examined sample sizes needed to reach saturation in each approach, what saturation meant, and how to assess saturation. Examining 25 in-depth interviews, we found that code saturation was reached at nine interviews, whereby the range of thematic issues was identified. However, 16 to 24 interviews were needed to reach meaning saturation where we developed a richly textured understanding of issues. Thus, code saturation may indicate when researchers have “heard it all,” but meaning saturation is needed to “understand it all.” We used our results to develop parameters that influence saturation, which may be used to estimate sample sizes for qualitative research proposals or to document in publications the grounds on which saturation was achieved.
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“A master codebook was created until meaning saturation was achieved.24”
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“Some authors appear to espouse interpretations of saturation that combine two or more of the models defined above, making its conceptualization less distinct.”
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“Based on previous studies, saturation is generally reached between 9 and 17 interviews, with 10–15 in-depth interviews planned for this study.54”
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“As for the qualitative studies, twelve to fifteen participants for each study will be interviewed, which is regarded as adequate to achieve code saturation in the qualitative analysis (Hennink et al., 2017).”
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“A sample of N = 20 was aimed for based on general recommendation (Francis et al., 2010; Hennink et al., 2017) and experience in the field with the potential for further recruitment if deemed necessary (e.g. because of low saturation).”
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“Meaning saturation was used as a stopping criterion, which meant that new participants would not be enrolled once novel fieldwork insights stopped changing analysis significantly [55].”
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“However, the 12 IDIs with girls and the 25 KIIs yielded rich information, which is consistent with studies reporting on expected information saturation [42, 43].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hennink, M. M., Kaiser, B. N., & Marconi, V. C.
- Affiliations
- Emory University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hennink, Monique M.
- Venue
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2016-09-26
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 591-608
- ISSN
- 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7557
- PMC
- PMC9359070
- OpenAlex
- W2524597629
- Cited by
- 4,597
- References
- 25
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1096 · 2025: 933 · 2024: 700 · 2023: 538 · 2022: 482 · 2021: 379 · 2020: 219 · 2019: 125 · 2018: 92 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 365.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Emory University
- Center for AIDS Research, University of Washington
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (P30AI050409)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Keywords
- saturation, sample size determination, qualitative research, in-depth interviews
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Interviews as Topic, Research Design, Sample Size, Qualitative Research
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