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

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DCNCMMTY Granted this varies from parish to parish, overall, how well are most of the deacons introduced to the community they serve?   1) Very well   2) Somewhat well   3) Not well   4) Almost never happens   5) Nonexistent

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very well	245	48.1%	48.1%	-.89
Somewhat well	225	44.2%	92.3%	.55
Not well	30	5.9%	98.2%	1.99
Almost never happens	7	1.4%	99.6%	3.42
Nonexistent	2	.4%	100%	4.86

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very well	45.8% 71	49.7% 87	50.0% 71	50.0% 12	48.6% 241
Somewhat well	47.1% 73	42.3% 74	40.1% 57	50.0% 12	43.5% 216
Not well	4.5% 7	5.7% 10	9.2% 13	0.0% 0	6.0% 30
Almost never happens	1.9% 3	1.7% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 7
Nonexistent	0.6% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 175	100.0% 142	100.0% 24	496

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Very well	47.9% 227	77.8% 7	30.0% 3	0.0% 0	63.6% 7	48.3% 244
Somewhat well	44.3% 210	22.2% 2	60.0% 6	0.0% 0	36.4% 4	44.0% 222
Not well	5.9% 28	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	5.9% 30
Almost never happens	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 7
Nonexistent	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 474	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 11	505

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 well	46.2% 6	46.7% 49	48.3% 158	48.3% 28	47.9% 241
Somewhat well	38.5% 5	43.8% 46	44.6% 146	44.8% 26	44.3% 223
Not well	15.4% 2	6.7% 7	5.2% 17	6.9% 4	6.0% 30
Almost never happens	0.0% 0	2.9% 3	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.4% 7
Nonexistent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 105	100.0% 327	100.0% 58	503