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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2012 / Article / Tab 1

Research Article

Frequency of Yoga Practice Predicts Health: Results of a National Survey of Yoga Practitioners

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of study sample ( ).
Variables (SD)Range
Age ( )51.7 (11.7)19–87
 FrequencyPercent
Gender  
 Female88084.2
Race  
 White93289.2
 Othera11310.8
Marital status  
 Married/lives with partner73069.8
 Singleb/widowed/separated/divorced30829.5
 Other70.7
Employment  
 Full time53250.9
 Part time27726.5
 Not employed23622.6
Education  
 High school/GED/trade/vocational school/Other313.0
 Some college1009.6
 College graduate38636.9
 Master’s degree38737.0
 Doctoral degree14113.5
Multiracial ( ; 3.6%), Asian ( ; 2.7%), African American ( ; 1.7%), American Indian/Alaskan/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (6; 0.6%), other ( ; 2.2%).
Never married.