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

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RSTRDCNT In general, what is your personal reaction to the restoration of the permanent diaconate?   1) Very positive   2) Somewhat positive   3) Somewhat negative   4) Very negative   5) Can't say

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very positive	340	65.3%	65.3%	-.64
Somewhat positive	150	28.8%	94%	.88
Somewhat negative	25	4.8%	98.8%	2.4
Very negative	4	.8%	99.6%	3.92
Can't say	2	.4%	100%	5.44

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very positive	58.4% 94	66.7% 120	70.6% 101	78.3% 18	65.7% 333
Somewhat positive	35.4% 57	27.2% 49	23.8% 34	17.4% 4	28.4% 144
Somewhat negative	5.0% 8	5.6% 10	4.2% 6	4.3% 1	4.9% 25
Very negative	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 4
Can't say	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 180	100.0% 143	100.0% 23	507

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Very positive	64.7% 313	77.8% 7	80.0% 8	100.0% 1	53.8% 7	65.0% 336
Somewhat positive	29.1% 141	22.2% 2	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	46.2% 6	29.0% 150
Somewhat negative	5.2% 25	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.8% 25
Very negative	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 4
Can't say	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 484	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	517

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Less than college degree	B.A., STB, or other bachelor's	M.A. STL, M. DIV., M.S., or other master's	Doctorate	TOTAL
Very positive	84.6% 11	61.3% 65	66.0% 221	62.7% 37	65.1% 334
Somewhat positive	15.4% 2	29.2% 31	29.9% 100	27.1% 16	29.0% 149
Somewhat negative	0.0% 0	6.6% 7	3.6% 12	8.5% 5	4.7% 24
Very negative	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	0.3% 1	1.7% 1	0.8% 4
Can't say	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 106	100.0% 335	100.0% 59	513