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

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AFFRMAT3 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Your pastor   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	396	35.2%	35.2%	-.99
Affirming	397	35.3%	70.5%	-.11
Neutral	183	16.3%	86.8%	.76
Non-affirming	88	7.8%	94.6%	1.64
I don't know	61	5.4%	100%	2.52

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	27.7% 51	32.4% 133	36.7% 146	50.4% 65	35.2% 395
Affirming	40.8% 75	34.1% 140	36.7% 146	26.4% 34	35.2% 395
Neutral	15.8% 29	18.2% 75	15.1% 60	14.7% 19	16.3% 183
Non-affirming	10.9% 20	9.7% 40	6.5% 26	1.6% 2	7.8% 88
I don't know	4.9% 9	5.6% 23	5.0% 20	7.0% 9	5.4% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 411	100.0% 398	100.0% 129	1122

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	35.9% 325	31.9% 15	57.1% 8	48.5% 16	100.0% 1	36.5% 365
Affirming	34.5% 312	42.6% 20	21.4% 3	30.3% 10	0.0% 0	34.5% 345
Neutral	17.1% 155	10.6% 5	7.1% 1	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	16.4% 164
Non-affirming	7.7% 70	6.4% 3	7.1% 1	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.5% 75
I don't know	4.8% 43	8.5% 4	7.1% 1	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	5.1% 51
TOTAL	100.0% 905	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	1000

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	41.7% 176	32.9% 120	30.9% 47	30.2% 19	26.5% 30	35.2% 392
Affirming	35.5% 150	32.9% 120	34.2% 52	39.7% 25	41.6% 47	35.3% 394
Neutral	11.8% 50	19.7% 72	19.7% 30	17.5% 11	15.9% 18	16.2% 181
Non-affirming	6.4% 27	7.7% 28	7.9% 12	7.9% 5	14.2% 16	7.9% 88
I don't know	4.5% 19	6.8% 25	7.2% 11	4.8% 3	1.8% 2	5.4% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 422	100.0% 365	100.0% 152	100.0% 63	100.0% 113	1115