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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: ‘Joining a group was inspiring’: a qualitative study of service users’ experiences of yoga on social prescription

 

Total sample (n = 240)

Participants interview/FG (n = 22)

Yoga Teachers (n = 7)

Gender

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Female

198 (82.5%)

22 (100%)

5 (72%)

Male

38 (16%)

2 (28%)

Missing data

4 (1.5%)

Ethnicity

 White

119 (50%)

12 (55%)

6 (86%)

 Mixed race

10 (4%)

 Asian/Asian British

29 (12%)

2 (9%)

 Black/Black British

28 (12%)

3 (14%)

1 (14%)

 Other ethnic group

29 (12%)

2 (9%)

 Missing data

25 (10%)

3 (14%)

Highest education

 GCSE’s/O Levelsa

34 (14%)

2 (99%)

NA

 A Levels/college qualification

46 (19%)

3 (14%)

NA

 Degree/post-graduate

105 (44%)

11 (50%)

NA

 Other e.g. technical

32 (13%)

3 (14%)

NA

 Missing data

23 (10%)

1 (5%)

NA

Number of classes attended

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

NA

 

7.7 (2.90)

6.2 (2.17)

NA

  1. aGeneral Certificate of Education taken aged 16 in UK