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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? -- In general, deacons spend an equivalent amount of time with their families as do other working men.

	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	62	5.4%	5.4%	-1.53
Agree	495	43.1%	48.5%	-.77
Disagree	248	21.6%	70.1%	-.02
Strongly disagree	53	4.6%	74.7%	.74
I really can't say	279	24.3%	99%	1.49
Doesn't apply	12	1%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	4.4% 8	5.0% 21	5.6% 23	7.5% 10	5.4% 62
Agree	39.6% 72	40.1% 168	46.6% 191	46.3% 62	43.1% 493
Disagree	23.1% 42	25.3% 106	18.0% 74	17.9% 24	21.5% 246
Strongly disagree	6.6% 12	5.3% 22	3.9% 16	2.2% 3	4.6% 53
I really can't say	25.3% 46	23.9% 100	24.4% 100	24.6% 33	24.4% 279
Doesn't apply	1.1% 2	0.5% 2	1.5% 6	1.5% 2	1.0% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 419	100.0% 410	100.0% 134	1145

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.1% 47	6.4% 3	7.1% 1	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	5.4% 55
Agree	43.6% 402	42.6% 20	50.0% 7	55.9% 19	0.0% 0	44.0% 448
Disagree	22.2% 205	23.4% 11	21.4% 3	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	21.8% 222
Strongly disagree	4.6% 42	4.3% 2	7.1% 1	2.9% 1	100.0% 1	4.6% 47
I really can't say	23.5% 217	19.1% 9	14.3% 2	17.6% 6	0.0% 0	23.0% 234
Doesn't apply	1.0% 9	4.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 922	100.0% 47	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1018

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	5.2% 23	8.1% 30	3.3% 5	3.2% 2	0.9% 1	5.4% 61
Agree	47.3% 208	42.0% 155	42.5% 65	35.5% 22	34.8% 40	43.0% 490
Disagree	20.2% 89	20.3% 75	26.1% 40	21.0% 13	23.5% 27	21.4% 244
Strongly disagree	3.9% 17	4.6% 17	4.6% 7	4.8% 3	7.8% 9	4.7% 53
I really can't say	21.8% 96	24.4% 90	22.2% 34	35.5% 22	32.2% 37	24.5% 279
Doesn't apply	1.6% 7	0.5% 2	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.1% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 369	100.0% 153	100.0% 62	100.0% 115	1139