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

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AFFRMAT7 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- The bishop   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	338	30.7%	30.7%	-1.05
Affirming	323	29.3%	60%	-.38
Neutral	147	13.3%	73.3%	.29
Non-affirming	66	6%	79.3%	.96
I don't know	228	20.7%	100%	1.63

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	28.7% 51	26.1% 106	33.2% 129	40.2% 51	30.6% 337
Affirming	29.8% 53	29.1% 118	29.0% 113	29.9% 38	29.3% 322
Neutral	18.5% 33	16.0% 65	10.0% 39	7.9% 10	13.4% 147
Non-affirming	8.4% 15	6.2% 25	5.7% 22	3.1% 4	6.0% 66
I don't know	14.6% 26	22.7% 92	22.1% 86	18.9% 24	20.7% 228
TOTAL	100.0% 178	100.0% 406	100.0% 389	100.0% 127	1100

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	30.6% 272	34.1% 15	38.5% 5	27.3% 9	100.0% 1	30.8% 302
Affirming	29.5% 262	22.7% 10	38.5% 5	27.3% 9	0.0% 0	29.2% 286
Neutral	13.4% 119	18.2% 8	0.0% 0	18.2% 6	0.0% 0	13.6% 133
Non-affirming	6.4% 57	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.0% 59
I don't know	20.0% 178	22.7% 10	23.1% 3	24.2% 8	0.0% 0	20.3% 199
TOTAL	100.0% 888	100.0% 44	100.0% 13	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	979

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	36.6% 151	32.2% 115	20.7% 31	26.2% 16	18.8% 21	30.6% 334
Affirming	29.1% 120	28.0% 100	30.7% 46	31.1% 19	33.0% 37	29.5% 322
Neutral	11.4% 47	13.2% 47	15.3% 23	14.8% 9	17.9% 20	13.4% 146
Non-affirming	3.1% 13	6.4% 23	6.0% 9	11.5% 7	11.6% 13	5.9% 65
I don't know	19.9% 82	20.2% 72	27.3% 41	16.4% 10	18.8% 21	20.7% 226
TOTAL	100.0% 413	100.0% 357	100.0% 150	100.0% 61	100.0% 112	1093