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

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EFFECTVE How effective do you believe your role has been?   1) Very effective   2) Somewhat effective   3) Not very effective   4) Ineffective   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very effective	106	20.6%	20.6%	-1.18
Somewhat effective	330	64.1%	84.7%	-.08
Not very effective	43	8.3%	93%	1.02
Ineffective	9	1.7%	94.8%	2.12
Don't know	27	5.2%	100%	3.22

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very effective	20.1% 32	20.2% 35	21.4% 31	25.0% 6	20.8% 104
Somewhat effective	64.8% 103	64.2% 111	63.4% 92	62.5% 15	64.1% 321
Not very effective	8.8% 14	9.2% 16	6.2% 9	4.2% 1	8.0% 40
Ineffective	2.5% 4	1.7% 3	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 9
Don't know	3.8% 6	4.6% 8	7.6% 11	8.3% 2	5.4% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 173	100.0% 145	100.0% 24	501

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Very effective	20.5% 98	33.3% 3	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	30.8% 4	20.7% 106
Somewhat effective	63.8% 305	44.4% 4	80.0% 8	100.0% 1	69.2% 9	64.0% 327
Not very effective	8.4% 40	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.2% 42
Ineffective	1.7% 8	0.0% 0	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 9
Don't know	5.6% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 478	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	511

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 effective	27.3% 3	15.7% 17	22.7% 75	18.6% 11	20.9% 106
Somewhat effective	72.7% 8	63.0% 68	63.3% 209	69.5% 41	64.2% 326
Not very effective	0.0% 0	8.3% 9	8.5% 28	6.8% 4	8.1% 41
Ineffective	0.0% 0	3.7% 4	1.2% 4	0.0% 0	1.6% 8
Don't know	0.0% 0	9.3% 10	4.2% 14	5.1% 3	5.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 108	100.0% 330	100.0% 59	508