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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mindfulness (N Y). 2022 Sep 20;13(10):2641–2651. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01985-6

Table 1.

Full and follow-up survey sample demographics

Full Sample (n = 953) Follow-Up Survey Sample (n = 434)
Variables Mean / Median / % (SD / n) Mean / Median / % (SD / n)
Age Mean (SD) 44.69 (16.08) 43.77 (15.53)
Median 44.00 42.00
Income Mean (SD) $53,762.05 (52150.67) $54,389.56 (60126.77)
Median $40,000.00 $40,000.00
Low % (n) 41.66 (397) 43.09 (187)
High % (n) 58.34 (556) 56.91 (247)
$50k or less % (n) 59.92 (571) 61.06 (265)
$50-100k % (n) 28.54 (272) 29.03 (126)
$100-150k % (n) 7.24 (69) 4.84 (21)
$150k+ % (n) 4.30 (41) 5.07 (22)
Race/Ethnicity White % (n) 70.62 (673) 72.58 (315)
Black % (n) 12.80 (122) 11.98 (52)
Hispanic % (n) 5.98 (57) 5.30 (23)
Asian % (n) 6.93 (66) 6.68 (29)
Native % (n) 0.42 (4) 0.46 (2)
Multiracial % (n) 3.25 (31) 3.00 (13)
Gender Female % (n) 50.47 (481) 54.61 (237)
Male % (n) 48.27 (460) 43.55 (189)
Non-binary gender % (n) 1.26 (12) 1.84 (8)
Transgender No % (n) 99.37 (947) 98.62 (428)
Yes % (n) 0.63 (6) 1.38 (6)
College No % (n) 49.42 (471) 43.09 (187)
Yes % (n) 50.58 (482) 56.91 (247)
Lifetime meditation hours 0-10 % (n) 18.89 (82)
11-100 % (n) 41.24 (179)
101-500 % (n) 16.36 (71)
501-1000 % (n) 8.99 (39)
1001-5000 % (n) 7.14 (31)
5001+ % (n) 7.37 (32)
Any meditation in the past 30 days Yes % (n) 65.21 (283)
Weekly days of meditation in the past 30 days Mean (SD) 2.2.1 (2.38)

Note. Low / high income = below or above the US median household income; White = non-Hispanic White; College = bachelor’s degree or higher.