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

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PRSHSTFD Parish staffs have come to appreciate the role of deacon.   1) Strongly agree   2) Agree   3) Disagree   4) Strongly disagree   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strongly agree	117	22.2%	22.2%	-1.1
Agree	321	61%	83.3%	-.1
Disagree	44	8.4%	91.6%	.9
Strongly disagree	5	1%	92.6%	1.9
Don't know	39	7.4%	100%	2.89

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Strongly agree	15.4% 25	26.8% 48	23.1% 34	25.0% 6	22.1% 113
Agree	61.7% 100	55.9% 100	65.3% 96	62.5% 15	60.7% 311
Disagree	8.6% 14	9.5% 17	7.5% 11	8.3% 2	8.6% 44
Strongly disagree	2.5% 4	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
Don't know	11.7% 19	7.8% 14	3.4% 5	4.2% 1	7.6% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 179	100.0% 147	100.0% 24	512

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Strongly agree	21.6% 106	11.1% 1	20.0% 2	0.0% 0	50.0% 6	22.0% 115
Agree	60.8% 298	88.9% 8	60.0% 6	100.0% 1	50.0% 6	61.1% 319
Disagree	9.0% 44	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.4% 44
Strongly disagree	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
Don't know	7.8% 38	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.5% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 490	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	522

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
Strongly agree	23.1% 3	25.7% 28	19.6% 66	28.8% 17	22.0% 114
Agree	53.8% 7	56.9% 62	64.1% 216	54.2% 32	61.2% 317
Disagree	23.1% 3	8.3% 9	7.4% 25	11.9% 7	8.5% 44
Strongly disagree	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.9% 3	1.7% 1	1.0% 5
Don't know	0.0% 0	8.3% 9	8.0% 27	3.4% 2	7.3% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 109	100.0% 337	100.0% 59	518