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

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

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Priests 222 44% 44% -1.08
Bishops 7 1.4% 45.4% -.72
Religious brothers 2 .4% 45.8% -.36
Religious sisters 2 .4% 46.2% 0
Lay persons 7 1.4% 47.6% .37
Permanent deacons 156 31% 78.6% .73
Can't say 75 14.9% 93.5% 1.09
Other 33 6.5% 100% 1.45

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

<50 50-59 60-69 70&over TOTAL
Priests 44.2%
68		 41.9%
72		 44.7%
63		 52.2%
12		 43.9%
215
Bishops 1.3%
2		 0.6%
1		 2.1%
3		 0.0%
0		 1.2%
6
Religious brothers 0.0%
0		 0.6%
1		 0.7%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
2
Religious sisters 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 1.4%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
2
Lay persons 1.3%
2		 2.3%
4		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 1.2%
6
Permanent deacons 26.6%
41		 30.2%
52		 34.0%
48		 43.5%
10		 30.8%
151
Can't say 20.1%
31		 16.3%
28		 10.6%
15		 4.3%
1		 15.3%
75
Other 6.5%
10		 8.1%
14		 6.4%
9		 0.0%
0		 6.7%
33
TOTAL 100.0%
154		 100.0%
172		 100.0%
141		 100.0%
23
490


Race (I-RACE)

Caucasian Hispanic Native Am. African-Am Other TOTAL
Priests 44.0%
207		 12.5%
1		 60.0%
6		 0.0%
0		 54.5%
6		 44.0%
220
Bishops 1.1%
5		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 100.0%
1		 9.1%
1		 1.4%
7
Religious brothers 0.4%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
2
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		 0.0%
0		 1.4%
7
Permanent deacons 31.1%
146		 50.0%
4		 10.0%
1		 0.0%
0		 27.3%
3		 30.8%
154
Can't say 14.9%
70		 12.5%
1		 30.0%
3		 0.0%
0		 9.1%
1		 15.0%
75
Other 6.6%
31		 25.0%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 6.6%
33
TOTAL 100.0%
470		 100.0%
8		 100.0%
10		 100.0%
1		 100.0%
11
500


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 61.5%
8		 38.1%
40		 44.9%
144		 48.3%
28		 44.3%
220
Bishops 0.0%
0		 1.9%
2		 0.9%
3		 3.4%
2		 1.4%
7
Religious brothers 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.3%
1		 1.7%
1		 0.4%
2
Religious sisters 0.0%
0		 1.0%
1		 0.3%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
2
Lay persons 7.7%
1		 0.0%
0		 1.9%
6		 0.0%
0		 1.4%
7
Permanent deacons 15.4%
2		 32.4%
34		 30.8%
99		 29.3%
17		 30.6%
152
Can't say 15.4%
2		 21.9%
23		 12.5%
40		 15.5%
9		 14.9%
74
Other 0.0%
0		 4.8%
5		 8.4%
27		 1.7%
1		 6.6%
33
TOTAL 100.0%
13		 100.0%
105		 100.0%
321		 100.0%
58
497

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