Table 4.

Native Elder Life–Neglect Measure: Item-Level and Scale-Level Summaries.

	n	Final scale	Total	Northern Plains	South Central	χ2
My family respects me (Reversed)	100	*	1.38	1.40	1.36	0.30
I get a lot of emotional support from my family (Reversed)	100	*	1.49	1.54	1.44	0.67
I am left alone when I need help	100	*	1.25	1.30	1.20	0.84
I get enough to eat every day (Reversed)	100	*	1.07	1.08	1.06	0.39
I have enough clothes (Reversed)	100	*	1.07	1.08	1.06	0.39
My family helps me with things I need (Reversed)	97	*	2.18	2.47	1.88	2.61**
My family keeps me from getting the help I need	100		1.01	1.00	1.02	1.00
I am afraid I’ll be left alone if I ask for what I want	99		1.02	1.00	1.04	0.99
My family pays attention to me (Reversed)	100	*	1.59	1.70	1.48	1.53
My family sees me a lot (Reversed)	99	*	1.82	1.86	1.78	0.48
I need help keeping my home clean and don’t get it	98	*	1.09	1.02	1.16	1.70
I fell and no one helped me get up	96	*	1.44	1.47	1.41	0.36
Cronbach’s α	93		0.78	0.80	0.78
Mean of Neglect items (includes items with *)	100		1.43	1.49	1.38	1.38

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.