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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 think most laity do not really understand that deacons are not "priest-assistants," but ordained clergy in our church.

	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	314	27.3%	27.3%	-1.05
Agree	552	48%	75.2%	-.14
Disagree	169	14.7%	89.9%	.78
Strongly disagree	36	3.1%	93%	1.69
I really can't say	73	6.3%	99.4%	2.61
Doesn't apply	7	.6%	100%	3.53

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	28.8% 53	23.9% 100	28.9% 118	30.1% 41	27.2% 312
Agree	47.3% 87	48.8% 204	48.2% 197	45.6% 62	48.0% 550
Disagree	15.2% 28	15.8% 66	13.4% 55	14.7% 20	14.7% 169
Strongly disagree	3.8% 7	3.3% 14	2.9% 12	2.2% 3	3.1% 36
I really can't say	4.3% 8	7.2% 30	6.1% 25	7.4% 10	6.4% 73
Doesn't apply	0.5% 1	1.0% 4	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 418	100.0% 409	100.0% 136	1147

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	26.9% 248	14.6% 7	28.6% 4	35.3% 12	100.0% 1	26.7% 272
Agree	48.8% 450	60.4% 29	28.6% 4	41.2% 14	0.0% 0	48.8% 497
Disagree	14.6% 135	18.8% 9	21.4% 3	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	14.6% 149
Strongly disagree	2.7% 25	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	3.0% 31
I really can't say	6.5% 60	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	6.3% 64
Doesn't apply	0.4% 4	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 6
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	27.4% 120	29.9% 111	25.5% 39	25.4% 16	20.7% 24	27.2% 310
Agree	48.4% 212	46.6% 173	51.0% 78	46.0% 29	48.3% 56	48.0% 548
Disagree	13.7% 60	14.3% 53	12.4% 19	19.0% 12	19.8% 23	14.6% 167
Strongly disagree	2.7% 12	3.2% 12	3.3% 5	4.8% 3	3.4% 4	3.2% 36
I really can't say	7.3% 32	4.9% 18	7.2% 11	4.8% 3	7.8% 9	6.4% 73
Doesn't apply	0.5% 2	1.1% 4	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 371	100.0% 153	100.0% 63	100.0% 116	1141