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

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GUIDLINE How much do you use the 1984 guidelines on the permanent diaconate which were published by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops?   1) Very often   2) Somewhat often   3) Seldom   4) Almost never   5) Haven't read

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very often	49	9.5%	9.5%	-1.76
Somewhat often	101	19.5%	29%	-.99
Seldom	153	29.5%	58.5%	-.23
Almost never	76	14.7%	73.2%	.54
Haven't read	139	26.8%	100%	1.3

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Very often	10.6% 17	8.5% 15	9.7% 14	8.3% 2	9.5% 48
Somewhat often	16.8% 27	18.8% 33	20.1% 29	33.3% 8	19.2% 97
Seldom	29.8% 48	29.5% 52	31.3% 45	20.8% 5	29.7% 150
Almost never	13.7% 22	13.6% 24	16.7% 24	20.8% 5	14.9% 75
Haven't read	29.2% 47	29.5% 52	22.2% 32	16.7% 4	26.7% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 176	100.0% 144	100.0% 24	505

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Very often	9.3% 45	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.4% 2	9.3% 48
Somewhat often	20.1% 97	12.5% 1	11.1% 1	100.0% 1	7.7% 1	19.6% 101
Seldom	28.8% 139	37.5% 3	66.7% 6	0.0% 0	30.8% 4	29.6% 152
Almost never	14.5% 70	12.5% 1	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	23.1% 3	14.6% 75
Haven't read	27.3% 132	25.0% 2	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	23.1% 3	26.8% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 8	100.0% 9	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	514

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 often	30.8% 4	7.5% 8	8.2% 27	16.7% 10	9.6% 49
Somewhat often	15.4% 2	20.8% 22	19.6% 65	16.7% 10	19.4% 99
Seldom	23.1% 3	24.5% 26	29.3% 97	38.3% 23	29.2% 149
Almost never	7.7% 1	16.0% 17	15.4% 51	11.7% 7	14.9% 76
Haven't read	23.1% 3	31.1% 33	27.5% 91	16.7% 10	26.9% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 106	100.0% 331	100.0% 60	510