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

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PSGROWTH How would you describe your own spiritual growth:   1) Growing significantly   2) Growing slowly   3) About the same   4) Drying up

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Growing significantly	497	43.3%	43.3%	-.97
Growing slowly	428	37.3%	80.6%	.26
About the same	194	16.9%	97.5%	1.5
Drying up	29	2.5%	100%	2.73

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Growing significantly	45.1% 83	39.6% 165	45.2% 184	47.1% 64	43.4% 496
Growing slowly	37.5% 69	40.0% 167	37.6% 153	27.2% 37	37.2% 426
About the same	12.5% 23	18.0% 75	15.0% 61	25.0% 34	16.9% 193
Drying up	4.9% 9	2.4% 10	2.2% 9	0.7% 1	2.5% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 417	100.0% 407	100.0% 136	1144

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Growing significantly	40.7% 376	64.4% 29	78.6% 11	50.0% 17	100.0% 1	42.6% 434
Growing slowly	39.2% 362	26.7% 12	7.1% 1	29.4% 10	0.0% 0	37.8% 385
About the same	17.4% 161	8.9% 4	14.3% 2	17.6% 6	0.0% 0	17.0% 173
Drying up	2.7% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 924	100.0% 45	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1018

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Growing significantly	44.1% 193	43.9% 161	41.8% 64	50.8% 32	38.5% 45	43.5% 495
Growing slowly	35.6% 156	37.9% 139	34.0% 52	44.4% 28	41.9% 49	37.3% 424
About the same	19.4% 85	16.3% 60	15.7% 24	3.2% 2	16.2% 19	16.7% 190
Drying up	0.9% 4	1.9% 7	8.5% 13	1.6% 1	3.4% 4	2.5% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 367	100.0% 153	100.0% 63	100.0% 117	1138