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

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LAYPRSON Could the ministries that your deacons perform be performed equally by a lay person or this same person without ordination?   1) Definitely not   2) Probably not   3) Maybe   4) Probably yes   5) Definitely yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Definitely not	167	32.3%	32.3%	-1.11
Probably not	120	23.2%	55.5%	-.37
Maybe	79	15.3%	70.8%	.37
Probably yes	105	20.3%	91.1%	1.1
Definitely yes	46	8.9%	100%	1.84

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Definitely not	20.3% 32	34.1% 60	38.6% 56	60.0% 15	32.3% 163
Probably not	20.3% 32	23.3% 41	26.9% 39	20.0% 5	23.2% 117
Maybe	18.4% 29	15.9% 28	12.4% 18	0.0% 0	14.9% 75
Probably yes	28.5% 45	16.5% 29	17.9% 26	20.0% 5	20.8% 105
Definitely yes	12.7% 20	10.2% 18	4.1% 6	0.0% 0	8.7% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 158	100.0% 176	100.0% 145	100.0% 25	504

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Definitely not	32.0% 154	11.1% 1	50.0% 5	0.0% 0	50.0% 6	32.4% 166
Probably not	22.9% 110	44.4% 4	10.0% 1	100.0% 1	25.0% 3	23.2% 119
Maybe	15.0% 72	22.2% 2	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	8.3% 1	15.0% 77
Probably yes	21.0% 101	22.2% 2	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.5% 105
Definitely yes	9.1% 44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	16.7% 2	9.0% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 481	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	513

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
Definitely not	46.2% 6	39.4% 43	28.5% 94	37.9% 22	32.4% 165
Probably not	23.1% 3	23.9% 26	23.3% 77	22.4% 13	23.3% 119
Maybe	15.4% 2	11.9% 13	17.3% 57	8.6% 5	15.1% 77
Probably yes	15.4% 2	16.5% 18	21.2% 70	24.1% 14	20.4% 104
Definitely yes	0.0% 0	8.3% 9	9.7% 32	6.9% 4	8.8% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 109	100.0% 330	100.0% 58	510