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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 that the priests in our parish have a difficult time relating to me as the wife of an ordained minister.

	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	54	4.7%	4.7%	-2.3
Agree	89	7.7%	12.4%	-1.31
Disagree	610	53%	65.4%	-.32
Strongly disagree	267	23.2%	88.6%	.67
I really can't say	93	8.1%	96.7%	1.67
Doesn't apply	38	3.3%	100%	2.66

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	6.6% 12	4.3% 18	5.3% 22	1.5% 2	4.7% 54
Agree	11.5% 21	8.9% 37	5.8% 24	4.4% 6	7.7% 88
Disagree	47.5% 87	51.8% 216	56.1% 231	54.8% 74	53.0% 608
Strongly disagree	27.3% 50	22.3% 93	22.6% 93	22.2% 30	23.2% 266
I really can't say	6.0% 11	8.4% 35	7.0% 29	13.3% 18	8.1% 93
Doesn't apply	1.1% 2	4.3% 18	3.2% 13	3.7% 5	3.3% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 417	100.0% 412	100.0% 135	1147

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.9% 45	4.2% 2	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 48
Agree	7.8% 72	6.3% 3	7.1% 1	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	7.8% 79
Disagree	54.0% 498	47.9% 23	50.0% 7	47.1% 16	0.0% 0	53.4% 544
Strongly disagree	21.7% 200	29.2% 14	35.7% 5	32.4% 11	100.0% 1	22.7% 231
I really can't say	8.4% 77	4.2% 2	0.0% 0	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	8.1% 83
Doesn't apply	3.3% 30	8.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 922	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1019

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 15	5.9% 22	5.8% 9	1.6% 1	6.0% 7	4.7% 54
Agree	6.2% 27	7.8% 29	7.1% 11	13.1% 8	11.1% 13	7.7% 88
Disagree	54.5% 238	51.5% 191	53.5% 83	54.1% 33	51.3% 60	53.0% 605
Strongly disagree	24.7% 108	22.9% 85	21.3% 33	18.0% 11	24.8% 29	23.3% 266
I really can't say	8.0% 35	8.1% 30	9.0% 14	9.8% 6	5.1% 6	8.0% 91
Doesn't apply	3.2% 14	3.8% 14	3.2% 5	3.3% 2	1.7% 2	3.2% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 371	100.0% 155	100.0% 61	100.0% 117	1141