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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 that my husband should devote the time and energy he gives to the diaconate to his own secular career or occupational advancement.

	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	5	.4%	.4%	-2.44
Agree	42	3.7%	4.1%	-1.55
Disagree	567	49.7%	53.9%	-.66
Strongly disagree	331	29%	82.9%	.23
I really can't say	17	1.5%	84.4%	1.12
Doesn't apply	178	15.6%	100%	2.01

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.2% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 5
Agree	7.1% 13	4.3% 18	2.0% 8	2.3% 3	3.7% 42
Disagree	53.8% 99	51.8% 215	48.0% 195	42.7% 56	49.7% 565
Strongly disagree	33.7% 62	28.7% 119	28.1% 114	26.7% 35	29.0% 330
I really can't say	1.1% 2	1.4% 6	1.5% 6	2.3% 3	1.5% 17
Doesn't apply	4.3% 8	13.0% 54	20.2% 82	25.2% 33	15.6% 177
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 415	100.0% 406	100.0% 131	1136

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 5
Agree	3.3% 30	6.4% 3	7.1% 1	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	3.6% 36
Disagree	50.5% 462	51.1% 24	64.3% 9	35.3% 12	0.0% 0	50.1% 507
Strongly disagree	28.7% 263	21.3% 10	14.3% 2	50.0% 17	100.0% 1	29.0% 293
I really can't say	1.3% 12	6.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 15
Doesn't apply	15.7% 144	14.9% 7	7.1% 1	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	15.3% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 915	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1011

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.4% 5
Agree	3.7% 16	2.7% 10	3.9% 6	3.2% 2	6.1% 7	3.6% 41
Disagree	49.5% 216	51.6% 188	52.3% 80	47.6% 30	44.7% 51	50.0% 565
Strongly disagree	28.0% 122	28.8% 105	26.1% 40	31.7% 20	34.2% 39	28.8% 326
I really can't say	2.3% 10	1.1% 4	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.5% 17
Doesn't apply	15.6% 68	15.7% 57	16.3% 25	17.5% 11	13.2% 15	15.6% 176
TOTAL	100.0% 436	100.0% 364	100.0% 153	100.0% 63	100.0% 114	1130