Table 3.
Correlations Between Demographic Variables and Motivation for Meditation
| Initial motivation (n = 434) | Current motivation (n = 283) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | Awakening | Cultural | Mental health | Physical health | Spiritual | Awakening | Cultural | Mental health | Physical health | Spiritual |
| Age | .03 | .09 | −.28*** | −.01 | .08 | .01 | .08 | −.14 | .10 | .12 |
| Male gender | .08 | −.03 | −.01 | −.01 | −.09 | .08 | .01 | .02 | .01 | −.05 |
| NH White | −.06 | −.14* | −.09 | .01 | −.06 | −.06 | −.09 | −.01 | .02 | −.03 |
| Black | .11 | .03 | .09 | .00 | .08 | .13 | .14 | .01 | .00 | .09 |
| Latinx | .01 | .01 | .05 | .03 | −.02 | .02 | −.05 | .00 | .01 | .01 |
| Asian | −.03 | .13* | −.03 | −.04 | .00 | −.02 | .03 | .01 | −.06 | −.04 |
| Multiracial | −.06 | .05 | .01 | .03 | 0.05 | −.05 | .00 | .06 | .00 | −.06 |
| College | −.02 | −.03 | −.08 | .00 | 0.07 | −.01 | .00 | −.03 | .09 | .06 |
| Low Income | .03 | .04 | .05 | .05 | −0.04 | −.01 | −.01 | .14 | −.02 | −.12 |
Note.
p<.05
p<.01
p<.001;
FDR adjustment was applied to the correlation table;
NH White = non-Hispanic White.