Phase II of the National Study on the Permanent Diaconate: A Survey of Catholic Deacons' Wives, 1995

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REACTN2 During your husband's ordination, you heard him promise the bishop obedience and respect. What was your reaction to this?   1) It seems right with me.   2) I wondered how that would affect our marriage.   3) I wondered how that would affect our family.   4) I had negative feelings.

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
It seems right with me.	974	86%	86%	-.36
I wondered how that would affect our marriage.	75	6.6%	92.6%	1.1
I wondered how that would affect our family.	47	4.1%	96.7%	2.57
I had negative feelings.	37	3.3%	100%	4.04

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
It seems right with me.	81.8% 148	82.5% 334	89.7% 365	91.2% 125	86.0% 972
I wondered how that would affect our marriage.	6.1% 11	8.4% 34	5.7% 23	5.1% 7	6.6% 75
I wondered how that would affect our family.	7.2% 13	4.7% 19	2.5% 10	2.9% 4	4.1% 46
I had negative feelings.	5.0% 9	4.4% 18	2.2% 9	0.7% 1	3.3% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 405	100.0% 407	100.0% 137	1130

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
It seems right with me.	85.1% 774	89.6% 43	100.0% 13	91.2% 31	100.0% 1	85.8% 862
I wondered how that would affect our marriage.	7.2% 65	6.3% 3	0.0% 0	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	7.0% 70
I wondered how that would affect our family.	4.4% 40	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	4.2% 42
I had negative feelings.	3.3% 30	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.1% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 909	100.0% 48	100.0% 13	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1005

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
It seems right with me.	90.1% 393	85.3% 308	85.5% 130	80.6% 50	75.9% 85	86.0% 966
I wondered how that would affect our marriage.	6.4% 28	6.1% 22	6.6% 10	9.7% 6	7.1% 8	6.6% 74
I wondered how that would affect our family.	2.8% 12	4.4% 16	3.9% 6	6.5% 4	7.1% 8	4.1% 46
I had negative feelings.	0.7% 3	4.2% 15	3.9% 6	3.2% 2	9.8% 11	3.3% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 436	100.0% 361	100.0% 152	100.0% 62	100.0% 112	1123