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

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DECISION Regarding your husband's decision to pursue ordination to the diaconate, would you say:   1) I was very supportive and encouraging from the beginning.   2) I was supportive but retained some reservations.   3) I was neutral with regard to his decision.   4) I was not very supportive of his decision.   5) I was antagonistic with regard to his decision.   6) I really can't say.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
I was very supportive and encouraging from the beginning.	869	75.2%	75.2%	-.5
I was supportive but retained some reservations.	250	21.6%	96.8%	1.18
I was neutral with regard to his decision.	24	2.1%	98.9%	2.85
I was not very supportive of his decision.	7	.6%	99.5%	4.53
I was antagonistic with regard to his decision.	5	.4%	99.9%	6.2
I really can't say.	1	.1%	100%	7.88

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
I was very supportive and encouraging from the beginning.	71.7% 132	72.6% 304	76.5% 316	84.6% 115	75.3% 867
I was supportive but retained some reservations.	26.6% 49	24.1% 101	20.1% 83	11.8% 16	21.6% 249
I was neutral with regard to his decision.	1.1% 2	1.9% 8	2.7% 11	1.5% 2	2.0% 23
I was not very supportive of his decision.	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.5% 2	1.5% 2	0.6% 7
I was antagonistic with regard to his decision.	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	0.7% 1	0.4% 5
I really can't say.	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 419	100.0% 413	100.0% 136	1152

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
I was very supportive and encouraging from the beginning.	74.9% 695	77.1% 37	92.9% 13	73.5% 25	100.0% 1	75.2% 771
I was supportive but retained some reservations.	22.0% 204	16.7% 8	7.1% 1	26.5% 9	0.0% 0	21.7% 222
I was neutral with regard to his decision.	2.0% 19	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 22
I was not very supportive of his decision.	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
I was antagonistic with regard to his decision.	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
I really can't say.	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 928	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
I was very supportive and encouraging from the beginning.	77.8% 344	71.4% 265	75.5% 117	84.1% 53	72.2% 83	75.2% 862
I was supportive but retained some reservations.	19.5% 86	24.5% 91	19.4% 30	15.9% 10	27.8% 32	21.7% 249
I was neutral with regard to his decision.	1.6% 7	3.0% 11	2.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 22
I was not very supportive of his decision.	0.9% 4	0.5% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 7
I was antagonistic with regard to his decision.	0.2% 1	0.5% 2	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
I really can't say.	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 442	100.0% 371	100.0% 155	100.0% 63	100.0% 115	1146