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

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AFFRMAT2 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Your husband   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	837	73.9%	73.9%	-.52
Affirming	243	21.4%	95.3%	1.06
Neutral	40	3.5%	98.9%	2.64
Non-affirming	5	.4%	99.3%	4.22
I don't know	8	.7%	100%	5.79

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	64.5% 120	74.3% 307	76.2% 304	78.0% 103	73.8% 834
Affirming	29.6% 55	20.6% 85	19.3% 77	19.7% 26	21.5% 243
Neutral	4.8% 9	4.1% 17	3.3% 13	0.8% 1	3.5% 40
Non-affirming	1.1% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 5
I don't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.0% 4	0.8% 1	0.7% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 413	100.0% 399	100.0% 132	1130

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	75.1% 684	66.0% 31	50.0% 7	84.4% 27	100.0% 1	74.6% 750
Affirming	20.4% 186	29.8% 14	42.9% 6	15.6% 5	0.0% 0	21.0% 211
Neutral	3.5% 32	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 33
Non-affirming	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
I don't know	0.5% 5	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 911	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 32	100.0% 1	1005

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	74.6% 318	75.6% 279	70.0% 105	77.8% 49	68.7% 79	73.9% 830
Affirming	21.6% 92	20.6% 76	23.3% 35	15.9% 10	24.3% 28	21.5% 241
Neutral	2.8% 12	3.5% 13	5.3% 8	3.2% 2	4.3% 5	3.6% 40
Non-affirming	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 1	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.4% 5
I don't know	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	0.6% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 426	100.0% 369	100.0% 150	100.0% 63	100.0% 115	1123