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

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AFFRMAT1 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Your children   1) Very affirming   2) Affirming   3) Neutral   4) Non-affirming   5) I don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very affirming	525	47.6%	47.6%	-.89
Affirming	416	37.7%	85.4%	.4
Neutral	145	13.2%	98.5%	1.7
Non-affirming	11	1%	99.5%	3
I don't know	5	.5%	100%	4.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	39.3% 66	47.2% 191	49.6% 196	53.4% 70	47.6% 523
Affirming	38.1% 64	39.5% 160	37.7% 149	32.1% 42	37.8% 415
Neutral	20.2% 34	12.8% 52	10.9% 43	12.2% 16	13.2% 145
Non-affirming	2.4% 4	0.5% 2	1.0% 4	0.8% 1	1.0% 11
I don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	1.5% 2	0.5% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 168	100.0% 405	100.0% 395	100.0% 131	1099

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	47.3% 420	48.9% 22	69.2% 9	50.0% 16	100.0% 1	47.8% 468
Affirming	37.6% 334	35.6% 16	23.1% 3	40.6% 13	0.0% 0	37.4% 366
Neutral	13.9% 123	13.3% 6	7.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	13.3% 130
Non-affirming	1.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 11
I don't know	0.2% 2	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 888	100.0% 45	100.0% 13	100.0% 32	100.0% 1	979

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	47.5% 198	46.8% 169	49.3% 73	55.0% 33	44.9% 48	47.7% 521
Affirming	37.9% 158	39.9% 144	33.1% 49	35.0% 21	38.3% 41	37.8% 413
Neutral	13.4% 56	11.9% 43	15.5% 23	6.7% 4	16.8% 18	13.2% 144
Non-affirming	0.2% 1	1.4% 5	2.0% 3	3.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 11
I don't know	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 417	100.0% 361	100.0% 148	100.0% 60	100.0% 107	1093