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

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AFFRMAT4 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Other priests   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	223	20%	20%	-1.22
Affirming	507	45.4%	65.4%	-.34
Neutral	222	19.9%	85.2%	.54
Non-affirming	65	5.8%	91%	1.42
I don't know	100	9%	100%	2.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	17.1% 31	16.0% 65	22.0% 88	30.2% 38	19.9% 222
Affirming	47.0% 85	44.2% 180	47.0% 188	42.1% 53	45.4% 506
Neutral	23.2% 42	23.6% 96	16.5% 66	14.3% 18	19.9% 222
Non-affirming	7.7% 14	6.1% 25	5.5% 22	2.4% 3	5.7% 64
I don't know	5.0% 9	10.1% 41	9.0% 36	11.1% 14	9.0% 100
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 407	100.0% 400	100.0% 126	1114

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	20.1% 181	15.6% 7	38.5% 5	15.2% 5	0.0% 0	19.9% 198
Affirming	45.6% 411	53.3% 24	38.5% 5	39.4% 13	100.0% 1	45.7% 454
Neutral	19.5% 176	22.2% 10	7.7% 1	30.3% 10	0.0% 0	19.8% 197
Non-affirming	6.0% 54	2.2% 1	7.7% 1	6.1% 2	0.0% 0	5.8% 58
I don't know	8.8% 79	6.7% 3	7.7% 1	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	8.7% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 901	100.0% 45	100.0% 13	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	993

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	23.3% 99	18.3% 66	16.2% 24	23.0% 14	16.7% 19	20.0% 222
Affirming	48.5% 206	43.2% 156	41.2% 61	41.0% 25	50.9% 58	45.6% 506
Neutral	16.0% 68	23.5% 85	20.3% 30	21.3% 13	21.1% 24	19.8% 220
Non-affirming	4.7% 20	5.5% 20	8.8% 13	6.6% 4	6.1% 7	5.8% 64
I don't know	7.5% 32	9.4% 34	13.5% 20	8.2% 5	5.3% 6	8.7% 97
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 361	100.0% 148	100.0% 61	100.0% 114	1109