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

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KNOWLEDG Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- Since studying theology, my husband thinks he knows all there is about the faith.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) I really can't say   6) Doesn't apply

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	16	1.4%	1.4%	-3.39
Agree	30	2.6%	4%	-2.05
Disagree	506	43.7%	47.6%	-.71
Strongly disagree	563	48.6%	96.2%	.62
I really can't say	15	1.3%	97.5%	1.96
Doesn't apply	29	2.5%	100%	3.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.6% 3	1.0% 4	1.5% 6	2.2% 3	1.4% 16
Agree	4.8% 9	1.4% 6	2.7% 11	3.0% 4	2.6% 30
Disagree	41.9% 78	43.7% 184	43.3% 179	46.7% 63	43.6% 504
Strongly disagree	49.5% 92	49.6% 209	48.7% 201	44.4% 60	48.7% 562
I really can't say	1.1% 2	1.7% 7	1.0% 4	0.7% 1	1.2% 14
Doesn't apply	1.1% 2	2.6% 11	2.9% 12	3.0% 4	2.5% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 186	100.0% 421	100.0% 413	100.0% 135	1155

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 14
Agree	2.9% 27	4.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 29
Disagree	43.8% 407	33.3% 16	78.6% 11	38.2% 13	0.0% 0	43.5% 447
Strongly disagree	48.4% 450	47.9% 23	14.3% 2	58.8% 20	100.0% 1	48.3% 496
I really can't say	1.2% 11	6.3% 3	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 15
Doesn't apply	2.4% 22	8.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 930	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1027

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.8% 8	1.1% 4	0.6% 1	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	1.4% 16
Agree	2.7% 12	3.5% 13	1.3% 2	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	2.6% 30
Disagree	44.4% 196	44.6% 166	50.0% 78	34.9% 22	33.3% 39	43.6% 501
Strongly disagree	46.9% 207	47.6% 177	43.6% 68	60.3% 38	59.0% 69	48.7% 559
I really can't say	1.4% 6	0.8% 3	1.9% 3	1.6% 1	1.7% 2	1.3% 15
Doesn't apply	2.7% 12	2.4% 9	2.6% 4	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	2.4% 28
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 372	100.0% 156	100.0% 63	100.0% 117	1149