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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? -- Since ordination, my husband's interest in his own secular career or occupation has diminished.

	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	39	3.5%	3.5%	-2.07
Agree	114	10.1%	13.6%	-1.25
Disagree	504	44.6%	58.2%	-.44
Strongly disagree	301	26.7%	84.9%	.38
I really can't say	17	1.5%	86.4%	1.19
Doesn't apply	154	13.6%	100%	2.01

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.2% 6	3.4% 14	3.7% 15	3.2% 4	3.5% 39
Agree	10.8% 20	12.9% 53	8.7% 35	4.8% 6	10.1% 114
Disagree	43.2% 80	47.1% 194	43.3% 175	43.5% 54	44.7% 503
Strongly disagree	36.2% 67	26.0% 107	25.2% 102	19.4% 24	26.7% 300
I really can't say	2.2% 4	1.0% 4	0.7% 3	4.0% 5	1.4% 16
Doesn't apply	4.3% 8	9.7% 40	18.3% 74	25.0% 31	13.6% 153
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 412	100.0% 404	100.0% 124	1125

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 31	6.4% 3	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 35
Agree	11.2% 101	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.3% 103
Disagree	44.4% 402	48.9% 23	35.7% 5	41.2% 14	0.0% 0	44.4% 444
Strongly disagree	25.4% 230	25.5% 12	35.7% 5	44.1% 15	100.0% 1	26.3% 263
I really can't say	1.4% 13	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 16
Doesn't apply	14.1% 128	12.8% 6	14.3% 2	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	14.0% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 905	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1001

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 12	3.0% 11	5.2% 8	1.6% 1	6.1% 7	3.5% 39
Agree	7.0% 30	11.6% 42	9.7% 15	14.8% 9	15.8% 18	10.2% 114
Disagree	47.7% 204	43.9% 159	43.5% 67	42.6% 26	38.6% 44	44.7% 500
Strongly disagree	27.6% 118	25.7% 93	26.0% 40	27.9% 17	25.4% 29	26.5% 297
I really can't say	1.6% 7	2.2% 8	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 17
Doesn't apply	13.3% 57	13.5% 49	14.3% 22	13.1% 8	14.0% 16	13.6% 152
TOTAL	100.0% 428	100.0% 362	100.0% 154	100.0% 61	100.0% 114	1119