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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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Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- I think some deacons use their ministry as an excuse for not dealing with family problems.

	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	70	6.1%	6.1%	-1.94
Agree	235	20.3%	26.4%	-1.23
Disagree	194	16.8%	43.2%	-.53
Strongly disagree	95	8.2%	51.4%	.17
I really can't say	535	46.3%	97.7%	.88
Doesn't apply	26	2.3%	100%	1.58

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	9.2% 17	5.7% 24	5.6% 23	4.5% 6	6.1% 70
Agree	24.3% 45	21.8% 92	17.8% 73	17.2% 23	20.2% 233
Disagree	13.5% 25	17.5% 74	18.0% 74	14.9% 20	16.8% 193
Strongly disagree	8.1% 15	10.0% 42	7.6% 31	5.2% 7	8.3% 95
I really can't say	43.8% 81	43.4% 183	47.6% 195	56.0% 75	46.4% 534
Doesn't apply	1.1% 2	1.7% 7	3.4% 14	2.2% 3	2.3% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 422	100.0% 410	100.0% 134	1151

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.9% 55	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	5.7% 58
Agree	20.3% 188	35.4% 17	21.4% 3	17.6% 6	0.0% 0	20.9% 214
Disagree	17.6% 163	14.6% 7	7.1% 1	35.3% 12	0.0% 0	17.9% 183
Strongly disagree	7.9% 73	10.4% 5	7.1% 1	8.8% 3	100.0% 1	8.1% 83
I really can't say	46.0% 427	35.4% 17	50.0% 7	32.4% 11	0.0% 0	45.1% 462
Doesn't apply	2.4% 22	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 928	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.2% 23	6.8% 25	6.4% 10	1.6% 1	8.5% 10	6.0% 69
Agree	18.2% 80	20.5% 76	17.3% 27	23.8% 15	29.1% 34	20.3% 232
Disagree	19.4% 85	15.9% 59	16.0% 25	7.9% 5	14.5% 17	16.7% 191
Strongly disagree	9.1% 40	7.0% 26	8.3% 13	11.1% 7	6.8% 8	8.2% 94
I really can't say	45.8% 201	47.0% 174	50.0% 78	55.6% 35	39.3% 46	46.6% 534
Doesn't apply	2.3% 10	2.7% 10	1.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	2.2% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 370	100.0% 156	100.0% 63	100.0% 117	1145