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

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PURSUERL Since your husband became a deacon, do you feel the freedom to pursue your own religious practice in your own way?   1) Yes, entirely   2) Yes, to a great degree   3) I feel little less free   4) I feel a lot less free   5) I really can't say

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, entirely	828	72.3%	72.3%	-.52
Yes, to a great degree	234	20.4%	92.7%	.81
I feel little less free	58	5.1%	97.7%	2.13
I feel a lot less free	8	.7%	98.4%	3.46
I really can't say	18	1.6%	100%	4.78

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Yes, entirely	68.5% 124	69.9% 290	73.7% 303	80.7% 109	72.3% 826
Yes, to a great degree	23.8% 43	21.0% 87	19.7% 81	15.6% 21	20.3% 232
I feel little less free	3.9% 7	6.5% 27	4.6% 19	3.7% 5	5.1% 58
I feel a lot less free	1.7% 3	1.0% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 8
I really can't say	2.2% 4	1.7% 7	1.7% 7	0.0% 0	1.6% 18
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 415	100.0% 411	100.0% 135	1142

Race (I-RACE)

	European	Hispanic	African-Am	Native Am.	Other	TOTAL
Yes, entirely	71.8% 658	75.0% 36	71.4% 10	76.5% 26	100.0% 1	72.2% 731
Yes, to a great degree	21.3% 195	18.8% 9	7.1% 1	11.8% 4	0.0% 0	20.6% 209
I feel little less free	5.2% 48	2.1% 1	14.3% 2	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	5.2% 53
I feel a lot less free	0.7% 6	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 7
I really can't say	1.0% 9	2.1% 1	7.1% 1	5.9% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 916	100.0% 48	100.0% 14	100.0% 34	100.0% 1	1013

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	HS or less	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Some grad	Grad deg.	TOTAL
Yes, entirely	74.1% 324	71.4% 262	73.0% 111	62.9% 39	72.6% 85	72.3% 821
Yes, to a great degree	19.9% 87	22.6% 83	19.1% 29	24.2% 15	15.4% 18	20.4% 232
I feel little less free	3.9% 17	3.5% 13	4.6% 7	12.9% 8	11.1% 13	5.1% 58
I feel a lot less free	0.2% 1	1.4% 5	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 8
I really can't say	1.8% 8	1.1% 4	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	1.4% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 367	100.0% 152	100.0% 62	100.0% 117	1135