Table 10.

Means and standard deviations of each of the six subscales of the 62-item and 30-item MEAQ measures in the five census regions of United States.

	MEAQ		MEAQ-30
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
MIDWEST (N = 1700)
BehAvd	3.65	0.77	3.57	0.84
DisAvr	3.68	0.74	3.49	0.88
Procst	3.15	0.87	3.13	0.86
DstSup	4.06	0.73	4.11	0.76
RepDny	2.68	0.76	2.66	0.89
DisEndr	4.45	0.63	4.63	0.75
NORTHEAST (N = 1304)
BehAvd	3.62	0.78	3.53	0.84
DisAvr	3.70	0.77	3.51	0.91
Procst	3.17	0.90	3.16	0.89
DstSup	4.01	0.76	4.06	0.79
RepDny	2.67	0.80	2.63	0.95
DisEndr	4.43	0.68	4.59	0.80
PACIFIC (N = 28)
BehAvd	3.77	0.69	3.72	0.83
DisAvr	3.80	0.74	3.49	0.81
Procst	3.51	0.93	3.52	0.95
DstSup	4.14	0.66	4.17	0.73
RepDny	2.67	0.49	2.66	0.60
DisEndr	4.44	0.56	4.55	0.73
SOUTH (N = 2102)
BehAvd	3.70	0.80	3.63	0.85
DisAvr	3.72	0.78	3.54	0.92
Procst	3.13	0.89	3.12	0.88
DstSup	4.14	0.76	4.20	0.79
RepDny	2.68	0.82	2.64	0.96
DisEndr	4.52	0.63	4.70	0.76
WEST (N = 1295)
BehAvd	3.65	0.78	3.57	0.85
DisAvr	3.69	0.78	3.49	0.92
Procst	3.17	0.87	3.16	0.86
DstSup	4.05	0.77	4.11	0.79
RepDny	2.67	0.77	2.63	0.90
DisEndr	4.50	0.64	4.66	0.77