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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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INCREASE

Using the scale below, how strongly do you agree or disagree with the following? -- Because of my husband's ordination, my own understanding of the Church's mission has increased.

	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	289	25.2%	25.2%	-1.07
Agree	630	55%	80.3%	-.08
Disagree	144	12.6%	92.8%	.91
Strongly disagree	26	2.3%	95.1%	1.91
I really can't say	38	3.3%	98.4%	2.9
Doesn't apply	18	1.6%	100%	3.89

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	25.0% 46	24.5% 102	27.3% 111	22.4% 30	25.3% 289
Agree	54.9% 101	55.0% 229	53.6% 218	59.7% 80	55.0% 628
Disagree	12.5% 23	13.0% 54	13.0% 53	9.7% 13	12.5% 143
Strongly disagree	2.7% 5	3.1% 13	1.5% 6	1.5% 2	2.3% 26
I really can't say	4.9% 9	2.2% 9	3.2% 13	5.2% 7	3.3% 38
Doesn't apply	0.0% 0	2.2% 9	1.5% 6	1.5% 2	1.5% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 184	100.0% 416	100.0% 407	100.0% 134	1141

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.9% 229	27.1% 13	35.7% 5	23.5% 8	100.0% 1	25.2% 256
Agree	55.4% 509	54.2% 26	42.9% 6	61.8% 21	0.0% 0	55.3% 562
Disagree	12.7% 117	12.5% 6	14.3% 2	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	12.7% 129
Strongly disagree	2.5% 23	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 24
I really can't say	2.9% 27	4.2% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.0% 30
Doesn't apply	1.5% 14	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 919	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1016

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Strongly agree	24.2% 106	27.8% 102	23.5% 36	22.2% 14	27.2% 31	25.5% 289
Agree	58.4% 256	52.0% 191	54.9% 84	54.0% 34	49.1% 56	54.7% 621
Disagree	10.5% 46	12.8% 47	13.7% 21	14.3% 9	18.4% 21	12.7% 144
Strongly disagree	1.6% 7	2.5% 9	2.0% 3	3.2% 2	3.5% 4	2.2% 25
I really can't say	3.9% 17	3.3% 12	3.9% 6	1.6% 1	1.8% 2	3.3% 38
Doesn't apply	1.4% 6	1.6% 6	2.0% 3	4.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 438	100.0% 367	100.0% 153	100.0% 63	100.0% 114	1135