Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of study participants.
| Meditation group (n = 13) |
Control group (n = 14) |
Total (N = 27) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | N | % | |
| Study recruitment | ||||||
| Newspaper article | 10 | 76.9 | 13 | 92.9 | 23 | 85.2 |
| Other | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 4 | 14.8 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 7 | 53.8 | 5 | 35.7 | 12 | 44.4 |
| Female | 6 | 46.2 | 9 | 64.3 | 15 | 55.6 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| American Indian | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 7.4 |
| Hispanic | 8 | 61.5 | 3 | 21.4 | 11 | 40.7 |
| White | 4 | 30.8 | 10 | 71.4 | 14 | 51.9 |
| Education | ||||||
| High school graduate or less | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 14.3 | 3 | 11.1 |
| Some college | 6 | 46.2 | 7 | 50.0 | 13 | 48.1 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 6 | 46.2 | 5 | 35.7 | 11 | 40.7 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 7.4 |
| Married | 9 | 69.2 | 7 | 50.0 | 16 | 59.3 |
| Divorced | 1 | 7.7 | 5 | 35.7 | 6 | 22.2 |
| Widowed | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 11.1 |
| Retired | ||||||
| Yes | 10 | 76.9 | 12 | 85.7 | 22 | 81.5 |
| No | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 5 | 18.5 |