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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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HUSEXCUS

Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- My husband sometimes uses his 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	17	1.5%	1.5%	-2.99
Agree	66	5.7%	7.2%	-1.82
Disagree	453	39.2%	46.4%	-.65
Strongly disagree	544	47.1%	93.5%	.53
I really can't say	33	2.9%	96.4%	1.7
Doesn't apply	42	3.6%	100%	2.87

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 6	0.7% 3	1.5% 6	1.5% 2	1.5% 17
Agree	10.8% 20	6.7% 28	3.4% 14	3.0% 4	5.7% 66
Disagree	32.8% 61	35.7% 150	43.8% 180	45.5% 61	39.3% 452
Strongly disagree	49.5% 92	51.4% 216	44.3% 182	39.6% 53	47.2% 543
I really can't say	2.7% 5	3.3% 14	1.7% 7	4.5% 6	2.8% 32
Doesn't apply	1.1% 2	2.1% 9	5.4% 22	6.0% 8	3.6% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 420	100.0% 411	100.0% 134	1151

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.7% 16	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.7% 17
Agree	5.7% 53	6.3% 3	14.3% 2	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	5.8% 59
Disagree	40.0% 370	31.3% 15	35.7% 5	29.4% 10	0.0% 0	39.1% 400
Strongly disagree	46.2% 428	47.9% 23	28.6% 4	64.7% 22	100.0% 1	46.7% 478
I really can't say	2.8% 26	4.2% 2	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 29
Doesn't apply	3.6% 33	10.4% 5	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.9% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 926	100.0% 48	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	0.9% 4	1.6% 6	0.6% 1	1.6% 1	4.3% 5	1.5% 17
Agree	3.9% 17	5.9% 22	8.3% 13	6.5% 4	8.5% 10	5.8% 66
Disagree	41.9% 184	38.8% 144	37.8% 59	33.9% 21	35.9% 42	39.3% 450
Strongly disagree	46.0% 202	48.5% 180	43.6% 68	54.8% 34	47.0% 55	47.1% 539
I really can't say	3.0% 13	2.4% 9	4.5% 7	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	2.8% 32
Doesn't apply	4.3% 19	2.7% 10	5.1% 8	1.6% 1	2.6% 3	3.6% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 371	100.0% 156	100.0% 62	100.0% 117	1145