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

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DCNDRCTR All things being equal, in general, who do you think would make the best director for deacons?   1) Priests   2) Bishops   3) Religious brothers   4) Religious sisters   5) Lay persons   6) Permanent deacons   7) Can't say   8) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Priests	172	33.7%	33.7%	-1.32
Bishops	13	2.5%	36.2%	-.93
Religious brothers	1	.2%	36.4%	-.55
Religious sisters	2	.4%	36.8%	-.17
Lay persons	9	1.8%	38.6%	.22
Permanent deacons	211	41.3%	79.8%	.6
Can't say	76	14.9%	94.7%	.98
Other	27	5.3%	100%	1.37

Variable Comparisons

Age Race Education

Age (I-AGE)

	<50	50-59	60-69	70&over	TOTAL
Priests	32.1% 51	32.6% 56	35.5% 50	32.0% 8	33.2% 165
Bishops	2.5% 4	3.5% 6	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 13
Religious brothers	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Religious sisters	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Lay persons	1.3% 2	2.9% 5	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 9
Permanent deacons	37.7% 60	41.3% 71	42.6% 60	52.0% 13	41.0% 204
Can't say	20.1% 32	14.5% 25	11.3% 16	12.0% 3	15.3% 76
Other	6.3% 10	4.1% 7	6.4% 9	4.0% 1	5.4% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 172	100.0% 141	100.0% 25	497

Race (I-RACE)

	Caucasian	Hispanic	Native Am.	African-Am	Other	TOTAL
Priests	33.0% 157	33.3% 3	60.0% 6	0.0% 0	45.5% 5	33.7% 171
Bishops	2.7% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 13
Religious brothers	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
Religious sisters	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Lay persons	1.5% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	18.2% 2	1.8% 9
Permanent deacons	41.4% 197	66.7% 6	10.0% 1	100.0% 1	27.3% 3	41.0% 208
Can't say	15.1% 72	0.0% 0	30.0% 3	0.0% 0	9.1% 1	15.0% 76
Other	5.7% 27	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 476	100.0% 9	100.0% 10	100.0% 1	100.0% 11	507

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
Priests	46.2% 6	33.3% 36	32.0% 104	39.7% 23	33.5% 169
Bishops	7.7% 1	0.9% 1	2.2% 7	3.4% 2	2.2% 11
Religious brothers	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.2% 1
Religious sisters	0.0% 0	0.9% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
Lay persons	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	1.5% 5	1.7% 1	1.8% 9
Permanent deacons	38.5% 5	34.3% 37	44.3% 144	41.4% 24	41.7% 210
Can't say	7.7% 1	21.3% 23	14.5% 47	8.6% 5	15.1% 76
Other	0.0% 0	6.5% 7	5.2% 17	3.4% 2	5.2% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 108	100.0% 325	100.0% 58	504