Preliminary Evidence That Yoga Practice Progressively Improves Mood and Decreases Stress in a Sample of UK Prisoners

Table 1

Key demographic variables for those participants who did () and those who did not () complete the study, that is, those who completed assessment sessions at Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2), compared to those who “dropped out” after T1.

	Completed only T1 ()	Completed T1 and T2 ()
Age (mean ± S.E.)	31.35 ± 1.90	36.25 ± 1.43
Gender (M)	23 (88%)	58 (95%)
Relationship status
Single	20 (77%)	44 (72%)
Married or has partner	6 (23%)	17 (28%)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	20 (77%)	46 (75%)
Non-Caucasian	6 (23%)	14 (25%)
Educational qualifications achieved
None	10 (38%)	20 (33%)
O-levels/GCSEs	10 (38%)	23 (38%)
A levels or higher	6 (23%)	18 (29%)