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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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PRIESTHD

Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- In general, I feel that my husband really wishes he had pursued ordination to the priesthood.

	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	26	2.3%	2.3%	-2.85
Agree	63	5.5%	7.7%	-1.68
Disagree	558	48.5%	56.3%	-.51
Strongly disagree	404	35.1%	91.4%	.65
I really can't say	79	6.9%	98.3%	1.82
Doesn't apply	20	1.7%	100%	2.99

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.2% 4	1.7% 7	2.4% 10	3.0% 4	2.2% 25
Agree	8.7% 16	5.5% 23	4.1% 17	5.2% 7	5.5% 63
Disagree	44.0% 81	46.8% 195	52.2% 214	48.1% 65	48.4% 555
Strongly disagree	38.0% 70	37.6% 157	33.7% 138	28.9% 39	35.3% 404
I really can't say	5.4% 10	6.7% 28	6.1% 25	11.9% 16	6.9% 79
Doesn't apply	1.6% 3	1.7% 7	1.5% 6	3.0% 4	1.7% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 417	100.0% 410	100.0% 135	1146

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.1% 19	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	2.2% 22
Agree	5.1% 47	8.3% 4	14.3% 2	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 54
Disagree	48.5% 448	58.3% 28	35.7% 5	57.6% 19	100.0% 1	49.2% 501
Strongly disagree	35.6% 329	16.7% 8	35.7% 5	30.3% 10	0.0% 0	34.5% 352
I really can't say	7.3% 67	8.3% 4	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.1% 72
Doesn't apply	1.4% 13	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 923	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 33	100.0% 1	1019

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	3.4% 15	1.1% 4	1.3% 2	3.2% 2	1.7% 2	2.2% 25
Agree	5.9% 26	5.4% 20	3.3% 5	3.2% 2	7.0% 8	5.4% 61
Disagree	49.7% 219	49.6% 183	50.0% 76	38.1% 24	43.5% 50	48.4% 552
Strongly disagree	33.1% 146	33.6% 124	37.5% 57	47.6% 30	40.0% 46	35.4% 403
I really can't say	5.9% 26	7.9% 29	7.9% 12	6.3% 4	7.0% 8	6.9% 79
Doesn't apply	2.0% 9	2.4% 9	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	0.9% 1	1.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 369	100.0% 152	100.0% 63	100.0% 115	1140