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

• Summary
• Codebook
• Search
• Download
• Custom Table
• Results

TIMESPNT How did you feel about the length of time in which you participated in your husband's formation?   1) I did not participate in his formation.   2) It was just the right amount of time.   3) It should have been less time.   4) It should have been more time.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I did not participate in his formation.	61	5.5%	5.5%	-1.7
It was just the right amount of time.	880	79.2%	84.7%	-.3
It should have been less time.	43	3.9%	88.6%	1.11
It should have been more time.	127	11.4%	100%	2.51

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
I did not participate in his formation.	3.9% 7	6.1% 25	5.1% 20	7.0% 9	5.5% 61
It was just the right amount of time.	78.8% 141	78.8% 324	79.2% 308	80.6% 104	79.2% 877
It should have been less time.	7.8% 14	3.6% 15	2.8% 11	2.3% 3	3.9% 43
It should have been more time.	9.5% 17	11.4% 47	12.9% 50	10.1% 13	11.5% 127
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 411	100.0% 389	100.0% 129	1108

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
I did not participate in his formation.	5.5% 49	8.3% 4	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	5.6% 55
It was just the right amount of time.	80.2% 716	75.0% 36	92.9% 13	76.5% 26	100.0% 1	80.0% 792
It should have been less time.	3.8% 34	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 36
It should have been more time.	10.5% 94	16.7% 8	7.1% 1	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	10.8% 107
TOTAL	100.0% 893	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	990

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
I did not participate in his formation.	7.1% 30	4.5% 16	5.4% 8	3.2% 2	4.4% 5	5.5% 61
It was just the right amount of time.	79.7% 338	78.8% 278	79.9% 119	80.6% 50	77.0% 87	79.2% 872
It should have been less time.	3.3% 14	4.2% 15	4.0% 6	1.6% 1	6.2% 7	3.9% 43
It should have been more time.	9.9% 42	12.5% 44	10.7% 16	14.5% 9	12.4% 14	11.4% 125
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 353	100.0% 149	100.0% 62	100.0% 113	1101