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Table 29.Percentage of households contributing to education and other charitable organizations and average annual donation, by type of charity: 1989, 1991, and 1993

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                        |           1989                |              1991             |             1993
                        |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------
                        |          |  Average annual    |          |  Average annual    |          |  Average annual
                        |Percentage|   contribution     |Percentage|   contribution     |Percentage|   contribution
    Type of charity     |of total  |--------------------|of total  |--------------------|of 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-
                        |          |household |  hold   |          |household |  hold   |          |household|  hold
------------------------|----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------
           1            |    2     |    3     |    4    |    5     |    6     |    7    |    8     |    9    |   10
------------------------|----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------
  Total ................|     75.1 |     $978 |    $734 |     72.2 |     $899 |    $649 |     73.4 |    $880 |    $646
                        |----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------
Religious ..............|     53.2 |      896 |     477 |     51.3 |      800 |     410 |     49.2 |     817 |     402
Health .................|     32.4 |      143 |      46 |     32.9 |      154 |      51 |     25.7 |     139 |      36
Human services .........|     23.0 |      263 |      60 |     27.5 |      260 |      71 |     26.7 |     208 |      56
Youth development ......|     21.6 |      129 |      28 |     22.1 |      114 |      25 |     17.9 |     106 |      19
Education ..............|     19.1 |      291 |      56 |     21.1 |      225 |      47 |     17.5 |     424 |      74
Environment ............|     13.4 |       88 |      12 |     16.3 |       99 |      16 |     11.6 |      89 |      10
Arts, culture, and      |          |          |         |          |          |         |          |         |
 humanities ............|      9.6 |      193 |      19 |      9.4 |      194 |      18 |      8.1 |     139 |      11
Public and societal     |          |          |         |          |          |         |          |         |
 benefit ...............|     11.2 |      120 |      13 |     11.2 |      132 |      15 |     11.2 |     160 |      18
Private and community   |          |          |         |          |          |         |          |         |
 foundations ...........|      6.4 |      116 |       7 |      6.0 |      113 |       7 |      5.3 |     144 |       8
Recreation, adults .....|      6.2 |      135 |       8 |      6.3 |      164 |      10 |      4.6 |     193 |       9
International, foreign .|      4.2 |      202 |       8 |      3.5 |      198 |       7 |      2.8 |   (\2\) |   (\2\)
Other ..................|      3.0 |      195 |       6 |      2.8 |      233 |       7 |      4.7 |      81 |       4
------------------------|----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------

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

\2\Sample size too small for reliable data.

NOTE.--Details for total households do not add to total 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, and 1993. (This table was prepared April 1995.)


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