Table 6.

Bivariate Analysis of Meditation Therapy

	Wave 1 N = 6325			Wave 2 N = 4041			Wave 3 N = 2717
	Meditation			Meditation			Herbal
	Yes			Yes			Yes
	n = 843			n = 962			n = 643
	Row N (%)	χ2	SE	Row N (%)	χ2	SE	Row N (%)	χ2	SE
Predisposing factors
Sociodemographics
Sex		42.87***			90.44***			46.74***
Female	531 (62.99)		1.66	661 (68.71)		1.5	431 (67.03)		1.85
Male	312 (37.01)		1.66	301 (31.29)		1.5	212 (32.97)		1.85
Race		4.07*			0.55			0.02
White	729 (86.48)		1.18	877 (91.35)		0.91	572 (90.08)		1.19
Other	114 (13.52)		1.18	83 (8.65)		0.91	63 (9.92)		1.19
Age		21.37***			33.13***			23.03***
25–44 years	415 (49.23)		1.72	197 (20.48)		1.3	19 (2.95)		0.67
45–64	370 (43.89)		1.71	568 (59.04)		1.59	361 (56.14)		1.96
65+	58 (6.88)		0.87	197 (20.48)		1.3	263 (40.9)		1.94
Education		102.98***			82.05***			56.89***
Less than high school	34 (4.04)		0.68	23 (2.39)		0.49	18 (2.82)		0.65
High school, GED, AD	421 (50.06)		1.72	467 (48.6)		1.61	272 (42.57)		1.96
BA/BS	241 (28.66)		1.56	294 (30.59)		1.49	195 (30.52)		1.82
Advanced degree	145 (17.24)		1.3	177 (18.42)		1.25	154 (24.1)		1.69
Psychological factors
Spiritual importance		97.21***			70.76***			79.43***
Not or not very important	77 (9.3)		1.01	75 (7.92)		0.88	34 (5.39)		0.9
Somewhat to very important	751 (90.7)		1.01	872 (92.08)		0.88	597 (94.61)		0.9
Depression		30.64***			27.55***			26.3***
Yes	136 (16.13)		1.27	123 (12.79)		1.08	77 (11.98)		1.28
No	707 (83.87)		1.27	839 (87.21)		1.08	566 (88.02)		1.28

Significance level: ^*p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.001.

AD, Associate’s degree; BA/BS, Bachelor of Art or Bachelor of Science degree; GED, general educational development; SE, standard error.