Phase II of the National Study on the Permanent Diaconate: A Survey of Catholic Deacons' Wives, 1995

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PARTICPT ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WIVES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THEIR HUSBAND'S PREPARATION FOR THE DIACONATE: Please check those areas in which you participated.   1) Attended all or almost all formal sessions   2) Attended some formal sessions   3) Attended sessions designed especially for deacons' wives   4) Made days of spiritual renewal and retreat

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Attended all or almost all formal sessions	731	66.2%	66.2%	-.64
Attended some formal sessions	242	21.9%	88.1%	.7
Attended sessions designed especially for deacons' wives	112	10.1%	98.2%	2.03
Made days of spiritual renewal and retreat	20	1.8%	100%	3.37

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Attended all or almost all formal sessions	62.7% 111	63.3% 252	68.5% 272	72.1% 93	66.1% 728
Attended some formal sessions	24.3% 43	25.9% 103	18.6% 74	17.1% 22	22.0% 242
Attended sessions designed especially for deacons' wives	10.7% 19	9.5% 38	10.6% 42	9.3% 12	10.1% 111
Made days of spiritual renewal and retreat	2.3% 4	1.3% 5	2.3% 9	1.6% 2	1.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 398	100.0% 397	100.0% 129	1101

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Attended all or almost all formal sessions	65.6% 583	70.2% 33	64.3% 9	75.0% 24	0.0% 0	66.0% 649
Attended some formal sessions	23.2% 206	17.0% 8	14.3% 2	18.8% 6	100.0% 1	22.7% 223
Attended sessions designed especially for deacons' wives	9.4% 84	12.8% 6	14.3% 2	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	9.6% 94
Made days of spiritual renewal and retreat	1.8% 16	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 889	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 32	100.0% 1	983

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Attended all or almost all formal sessions	67.1% 279	69.8% 250	61.6% 90	55.7% 34	62.3% 71	66.1% 724
Attended some formal sessions	18.5% 77	20.7% 74	26.0% 38	32.8% 20	28.1% 32	22.0% 241
Attended sessions designed especially for deacons' wives	12.3% 51	7.8% 28	10.3% 15	9.8% 6	8.8% 10	10.0% 110
Made days of spiritual renewal and retreat	2.2% 9	1.7% 6	2.1% 3	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	1.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 416	100.0% 358	100.0% 146	100.0% 61	100.0% 114	1095