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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 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.