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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 feel the parish expects too much of me because of my husband's position as a 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	20	1.7%	1.7%	-2.57
Agree	51	4.4%	6.1%	-1.55
Disagree	621	53.7%	59.8%	-.53
Strongly disagree	310	26.8%	86.6%	.49
I really can't say	82	7.1%	93.7%	1.51
Doesn't apply	73	6.3%	100%	2.53

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 3	1.9% 8	1.5% 6	2.2% 3	1.7% 20
Agree	5.4% 10	4.7% 20	4.6% 19	1.5% 2	4.4% 51
Disagree	53.0% 98	51.7% 218	56.2% 231	53.3% 72	53.7% 619
Strongly disagree	28.6% 53	30.1% 127	23.6% 97	23.7% 32	26.8% 309
I really can't say	7.6% 14	6.6% 28	6.6% 27	9.6% 13	7.1% 82
Doesn't apply	3.8% 7	5.0% 21	7.5% 31	9.6% 13	6.2% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 422	100.0% 411	100.0% 135	1153

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.5% 14	4.2% 2	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 18
Agree	4.3% 40	10.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.4% 45
Disagree	54.4% 505	41.7% 20	64.3% 9	50.0% 17	100.0% 1	53.9% 552
Strongly disagree	26.5% 246	27.1% 13	21.4% 3	35.3% 12	0.0% 0	26.7% 274
I really can't say	6.4% 59	12.5% 6	0.0% 0	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	6.7% 69
Doesn't apply	6.9% 64	4.2% 2	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.5% 67
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	2.1% 9	1.9% 7	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	1.7% 20
Agree	4.3% 19	5.4% 20	3.2% 5	3.2% 2	3.4% 4	4.4% 50
Disagree	55.4% 243	56.0% 209	54.5% 85	38.1% 24	47.4% 55	53.7% 616
Strongly disagree	24.6% 108	24.1% 90	28.2% 44	34.9% 22	37.1% 43	26.8% 307
I really can't say	8.0% 35	6.4% 24	7.1% 11	9.5% 6	4.3% 5	7.1% 81
Doesn't apply	5.7% 25	6.2% 23	6.4% 10	14.3% 9	5.2% 6	6.4% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 439	100.0% 373	100.0% 156	100.0% 63	100.0% 116	1147