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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 sometimes feel that I am in competition with the church for my husband's love and affection.

	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	33	2.9%	2.9%	-2.75
Agree	105	9.1%	12%	-1.56
Disagree	536	46.4%	58.4%	-.38
Strongly disagree	448	38.8%	97.2%	.81
I really can't say	8	.7%	97.9%	2
Doesn't apply	24	2.1%	100%	3.19

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 8	4.1% 17	1.2% 5	2.2% 3	2.9% 33
Agree	15.4% 28	7.9% 33	8.2% 34	5.9% 8	9.0% 103
Disagree	35.7% 65	47.5% 199	49.6% 205	48.5% 66	46.5% 535
Strongly disagree	42.9% 78	37.7% 158	39.0% 161	36.8% 50	38.9% 447
I really can't say	1.1% 2	0.2% 1	0.7% 3	1.5% 2	0.7% 8
Doesn't apply	0.5% 1	2.6% 11	1.2% 5	5.1% 7	2.1% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 419	100.0% 413	100.0% 136	1150

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.8% 26	6.3% 3	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	2.9% 30
Agree	8.3% 77	14.6% 7	14.3% 2	11.8% 4	0.00% 0	8.8% 90
Disagree	47.4% 439	35.4% 17	35.7% 5	38.2% 13	0.00% 0	46.4% 474
Strongly disagree	39.3% 364	35.4% 17	35.7% 5	50.0% 17	0.00% 0	39.4% 403
I really can't say	0.5% 5	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.7% 7
Doesn't apply	1.6% 15	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	1.8% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 926	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 0	1022

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 15	2.4% 9	3.3% 5	0.0% 0	2.6% 3	2.8% 32
Agree	8.2% 36	9.7% 36	9.8% 15	6.3% 4	12.2% 14	9.2% 105
Disagree	47.8% 211	46.2% 172	51.6% 79	41.3% 26	38.3% 44	46.5% 532
Strongly disagree	37.2% 164	39.5% 147	32.7% 50	49.2% 31	45.2% 52	38.8% 444
I really can't say	1.1% 5	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	0.7% 8
Doesn't apply	2.3% 10	1.9% 7	2.6% 4	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	2.0% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 372	100.0% 153	100.0% 63	100.0% 115	1144