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Table 28. Percentage of households contributing to education and other charitable organizations and average annual donation, by type of charity: 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1995

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                          |               1989             |               1991             |               1993             |               1995
                          |________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________
                          |           |  Average annual    |           |  Average annual    |           |  Average annual    |           |  Average annual
                          |Percentage |   contribution     |Percentage |   contribution     |Percentage |   contribution     |Percentage |   contribution
     Type of charity      | of total  |____________________| of total  |____________________| of total  |____________________| of total  |____________________
                          |  house-   | Per con- |Per total|  house-   | Per con- |Per total|  house-   | Per con- |Per total|  house-   | Per con- |Per total
                          | holds\1\  |tributing | house-  | holds\1\  |tributing | house-  | holds\1\  |tributing | house-  | holds\1\  |tributing | house-
                          |           |household |  hold   |           |household |  hold   |           |household |  hold   |           |household |  hold
__________________________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________
            1             |     2     |    3     |    4    |     5     |    6     |    7    |     8     |    9     |   10    |    11     |    12    |   13
__________________________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________
  Total ..................|      75.1 |     $978 |    $734 |      72.2 |     $899 |    $649 |      73.4 |     $880 |    $646 |      68.5 |   $1,017 |    $696
                          |___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________
Religious ................|      53.2 |      896 |     477 |      51.3 |      800 |     410 |      49.2 |      817 |     402 |      48.0 |      868 |     417
Health ...................|      32.4 |      143 |      46 |      32.9 |      154 |      51 |      25.7 |      139 |      36 |      27.3 |      214 |      58
Human services ...........|      23.0 |      263 |      60 |      27.5 |      260 |      71 |      26.7 |      208 |      56 |      25.1 |      271 |      68
Youth development ........|      21.6 |      129 |      28 |      22.1 |      114 |      25 |      17.9 |      106 |      19 |      20.9 |      137 |      29
Education ................|      19.1 |      291 |      56 |      21.1 |      225 |      47 |      17.5 |      424 |      74 |      20.3 |      318 |      65
Environment ..............|      13.4 |       88 |      12 |      16.3 |       99 |      16 |      11.6 |       89 |      10 |      11.5 |      106 |      12
Arts, culture, and        |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |
  humanities .............|       9.6 |      193 |      19 |       9.4 |      194 |      18 |       8.1 |      139 |      11 |       9.4 |      216 |      20
Public and societal       |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |
  benefit ................|      11.2 |      120 |      13 |      11.2 |      132 |      15 |      11.2 |      160 |      18 |      10.3 |      122 |      13
Private and community     |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |         |           |          |
  foundations ............|       6.4 |      116 |       7 |       6.0 |      113 |       7 |       5.3 |      144 |       8 |       6.1 |      181 |      11
Recreation, adults .......|       6.2 |      135 |       8 |       6.3 |      164 |      10 |       4.6 |      193 |       9 |       7.0 |      161 |      11
International, foreign ...|       4.2 |      202 |       8 |       3.5 |      198 |       7 |       2.8 |      ‡   |      ‡  |       6.1 |      283 |      17
Other ....................|       3.0 |      195 |       6 |       2.8 |      233 |       7 |       4.7 |       81 |       4 |       2.1 |      160 |       3
__________________________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|_________

Did not meet reporting standard.
\1\Percents do not add to total because of respondents giving to more than one type of charity.

NOTE: Details for total households do not add to totals because details only include households which reported a donation amount for the particular type of charity. The percentage of total includes households who reported giving donations, but did not specify amount.

SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1995. (This table was prepared April 1997.)


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