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

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AFFRMAT9 In terms of receiving affirmation from others, please rank the following persons or groups of persons by means of the following categories: -- Other deacons' wives   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	496	44%	44%	-.81
Affirming	445	39.5%	83.6%	.13
Neutral	102	9.1%	92.6%	1.08
Non-affirming	14	1.2%	93.9%	2.03
I don't know	69	6.1%	100%	2.98

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very affirming	41.4% 75	39.6% 162	48.8% 196	45.8% 60	43.9% 493
Affirming	36.5% 66	42.5% 174	37.6% 151	41.2% 54	39.6% 445
Neutral	12.2% 22	10.0% 41	7.5% 30	6.9% 9	9.1% 102
Non-affirming	2.8% 5	1.0% 4	1.2% 5	0.0% 0	1.2% 14
I don't know	7.2% 13	6.8% 28	5.0% 20	6.1% 8	6.1% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 409	100.0% 402	100.0% 131	1123

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Very affirming	45.5% 413	24.4% 11	42.9% 6	39.4% 13	100.0% 1	44.4% 444
Affirming	38.7% 351	55.6% 25	42.9% 6	33.3% 11	0.0% 0	39.3% 393
Neutral	9.4% 85	8.9% 4	14.3% 2	6.1% 2	0.0% 0	9.3% 93
Non-affirming	1.2% 11	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 13
I don't know	5.3% 48	8.9% 4	0.0% 0	18.2% 6	0.0% 0	5.8% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 908	100.0% 45	100.0% 14	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	1001

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Very affirming	46.1% 196	45.9% 168	41.7% 63	41.7% 25	35.7% 41	44.1% 493
Affirming	39.1% 166	38.8% 142	37.7% 57	40.0% 24	47.0% 54	39.7% 443
Neutral	8.0% 34	8.2% 30	10.6% 16	11.7% 7	11.3% 13	9.0% 100
Non-affirming	0.9% 4	1.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	1.2% 13
I don't know	5.9% 25	5.5% 20	9.9% 15	6.7% 4	3.5% 4	6.1% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 425	100.0% 366	100.0% 151	100.0% 60	100.0% 115	1117