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

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RESENTFL

Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- Sometimes I feel that some priests resent working with a married deacon.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Disagree
	4) Strongly disagree
	5) I really can't say
	6) Doesn't apply

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	226	19.6%	19.6%	-1.12
Agree	543	47.1%	66.7%	-.39
Disagree	148	12.8%	79.5%	.34
Strongly disagree	46	4%	83.5%	1.08
I really can't say	161	14%	97.5%	1.81
Doesn't apply	29	2.5%	100%	2.54

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	23.1% 43	21.9% 92	18.8% 77	9.8% 13	19.6% 225
Agree	45.2% 84	47.0% 198	48.2% 197	45.9% 61	47.0% 540
Disagree	13.4% 25	12.1% 51	13.0% 53	14.3% 19	12.9% 148
Strongly disagree	4.8% 9	3.8% 16	2.7% 11	7.5% 10	4.0% 46
I really can't say	11.3% 21	12.8% 54	14.2% 58	21.1% 28	14.0% 161
Doesn't apply	2.2% 4	2.4% 10	3.2% 13	1.5% 2	2.5% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 421	100.0% 409	100.0% 133	1149

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.4% 171	23.4% 11	14.3% 2	23.5% 8	100.0% 1	18.9% 193
Agree	48.5% 450	31.9% 15	50.0% 7	55.9% 19	0.0% 0	48.0% 491
Disagree	12.7% 118	21.3% 10	7.1% 1	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	12.9% 132
Strongly disagree	4.1% 38	4.3% 2	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	4.1% 42
I really can't say	14.2% 132	6.4% 3	7.1% 1	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	13.6% 139
Doesn't apply	1.9% 18	12.8% 6	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 927	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1023

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	18.9% 83	19.4% 72	20.8% 32	17.7% 11	21.4% 25	19.5% 223
Agree	47.9% 210	47.8% 178	44.2% 68	54.8% 34	41.9% 49	47.2% 539
Disagree	13.0% 57	13.4% 50	8.4% 13	11.3% 7	17.9% 21	12.9% 148
Strongly disagree	4.1% 18	3.0% 11	5.2% 8	1.6% 1	6.8% 8	4.0% 46
I really can't say	13.2% 58	14.2% 53	18.2% 28	12.9% 8	10.3% 12	13.9% 159
Doesn't apply	2.7% 12	2.2% 8	3.2% 5	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	2.4% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 372	100.0% 154	100.0% 62	100.0% 117	1143