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

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AFFRMAT5 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Religious sisters   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	290	26.7%	26.7%	-1.07
Affirming	416	38.3%	65.1%	-.33
Neutral	152	14%	79.1%	.4
Non-affirming	52	4.8%	83.9%	1.14
I don't know	175	16.1%	100%	1.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	22.7% 40	21.1% 84	31.3% 121	36.1% 44	26.7% 289
Affirming	36.9% 65	41.5% 165	38.1% 147	31.1% 38	38.4% 415
Neutral	21.0% 37	13.1% 52	11.1% 43	16.4% 20	14.0% 152
Non-affirming	5.1% 9	5.5% 22	4.1% 16	3.3% 4	4.7% 51
I don't know	14.2% 25	18.8% 75	15.3% 59	13.1% 16	16.2% 175
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 398	100.0% 386	100.0% 122	1082

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	26.9% 235	28.9% 13	33.3% 4	25.0% 8	0.0% 0	27.0% 260
Affirming	38.1% 332	42.2% 19	41.7% 5	43.8% 14	100.0% 1	38.6% 371
Neutral	13.9% 121	15.6% 7	8.3% 1	9.4% 3	0.0% 0	13.7% 132
Non-affirming	4.6% 40	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	6.3% 2	0.0% 0	4.5% 43
I don't know	16.5% 144	11.1% 5	16.7% 2	15.6% 5	0.0% 0	16.2% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 872	100.0% 45	100.0% 12	100.0% 32	100.0% 1	962

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	31.8% 131	25.6% 89	22.4% 33	28.3% 17	18.2% 20	26.9% 290
Affirming	37.4% 154	37.4% 130	38.1% 56	36.7% 22	47.3% 52	38.4% 414
Neutral	12.1% 50	14.4% 50	13.6% 20	16.7% 10	18.2% 20	13.9% 150
Non-affirming	3.9% 16	5.2% 18	4.1% 6	6.7% 4	6.4% 7	4.7% 51
I don't know	14.8% 61	17.5% 61	21.8% 32	11.7% 7	10.0% 11	16.0% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 412	100.0% 348	100.0% 147	100.0% 60	100.0% 110	1077