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

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AFFRMAT6 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Longtime friends   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	453	39.9%	39.9%	-.97
Affirming	507	44.7%	84.6%	.24
Neutral	147	13%	97.5%	1.45
Non-affirming	6	.5%	98.1%	2.66
I don't know	22	1.9%	100%	3.87

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	43.5% 80	38.3% 158	39.2% 158	40.9% 54	39.8% 450
Affirming	41.3% 76	45.3% 187	46.4% 187	43.2% 57	44.8% 507
Neutral	13.0% 24	14.5% 60	11.7% 47	12.1% 16	13.0% 147
Non-affirming	0.5% 1	0.7% 3	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 6
I don't know	1.6% 3	1.2% 5	2.2% 9	3.8% 5	1.9% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 413	100.0% 403	100.0% 132	1132

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	40.4% 369	25.5% 12	50.0% 7	33.3% 11	0.0% 0	39.5% 399
Affirming	43.8% 400	57.4% 27	42.9% 6	54.5% 18	100.0% 1	44.8% 452
Neutral	13.9% 127	10.6% 5	7.1% 1	9.1% 3	0.0% 0	13.5% 136
Non-affirming	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
I don't know	1.4% 13	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 914	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	1009

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	39.6% 170	39.9% 147	37.5% 57	44.4% 28	41.7% 48	39.9% 450
Affirming	43.8% 188	44.6% 164	48.7% 74	41.3% 26	45.2% 52	44.7% 504
Neutral	13.3% 57	13.9% 51	11.8% 18	12.7% 8	10.4% 12	13.0% 146
Non-affirming	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.7% 1	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.5% 6
I don't know	3.3% 14	0.8% 3	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	1.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 429	100.0% 368	100.0% 152	100.0% 63	100.0% 115	1127