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

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VOCATION What is your vocational status?   1) Lay person   2) Religious brother   3) Religious sister   4) Permanent deacon   5) Priest   6) Bishop

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Lay person	5	.9%	.9%	-6.41
Religious brother	1	.2%	1.1%	-4.74
Religious sister	19	3.6%	4.7%	-3.06
Permanent deacon	34	6.5%	11.2%	-1.39
Priest	464	88%	99.2%	.29
Bishop	4	.8%	100%	1.96

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Lay person	1.9% 3	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
Religious brother	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Religious sister	1.2% 2	5.1% 9	4.8% 7	4.0% 1	3.7% 19
Permanent deacon	4.3% 7	6.7% 12	8.8% 13	4.0% 1	6.5% 33
Priest	91.9% 148	86.0% 153	85.7% 126	92.0% 23	88.1% 450
Bishop	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 178	100.0% 147	100.0% 25	511

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Lay person	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
Religious brother	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Religious sister	3.7% 18	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.6% 19
Permanent deacon	6.6% 32	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	7.7% 1	6.5% 34
Priest	87.9% 429	88.9% 8	100.0% 10	0.0% 0	92.3% 12	88.1% 459
Bishop	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 488	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	521

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
Lay person	0.0% 0	1.8% 2	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
Religious brother	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Religious sister	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	4.2% 14	1.7% 1	3.7% 19
Permanent deacon	53.8% 7	4.6% 5	4.2% 14	13.3% 8	6.6% 34
Priest	46.2% 6	89.9% 98	89.6% 300	85.0% 51	88.0% 455
Bishop	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 109	100.0% 335	100.0% 60	517