Table 27. | Public's level of confidence in various institutions: 1996 and 1998 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of respondents by | Percent of respondents by | levels of confidence, 1996 | levels of confidence, 1998 |______________________________________|______________________________________ Institution |A great| Quite | | Very | No |A great| Quite | | Very | No | deal | a lot | Some |little |opinion| deal | a lot | Some |little |opinion _____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 _____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______ Private higher education ............| 18.3 | 38.7 | 28.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Small businesses ....................| 15.3 | 40.8 | 32.6 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 25.0 | 31.0 | 34.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 Religious organizations .............| 23.6 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 34.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 The military ........................| 16.9 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 33.0 | 31.0 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 Public higher education .............| 15.0 | 36.4 | 34.2 | 11.6 | 2.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | Private elementary or secondary | | | | | | | | | | education .........................| 15.1 | 35.3 | 33.4 | 9.7 | 6.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Youth development and recreation ....| 14.8 | 35.2 | 32.7 | 11.6 | 5.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Public elementary or secondary | | | | | | | | | | education .........................| 13.3 | 31.7 | 37.2 | 15.3 | 2.4 | 16.0 | 21.0 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 1.0 Health organizations ................| 10.8 | 28.2 | 42.0 | 15.9 | 3.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Federated charitable appeals, | | | | | | | | | | e.g., United Way ..................| 12.6 | 26.3 | 34.9 | 21.6 | 4.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | Human services organizations ........| 9.1 | 28.1 | 42.6 | 15.1 | 5.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Arts, culture, and humanities | | | | | | | | | | organizations .....................| 9.3 | 26.7 | 39.8 | 14.3 | 9.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Recreation for adults ...............| 7.8 | 27.5 | 41.9 | 13.4 | 9.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Environmental organizations .........| 9.4 | 23.1 | 41.0 | 20.3 | 6.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Private and community foundations ...| 7.6 | 24.0 | 42.3 | 13.5 | 12.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | Local government ....................| 5.4 | 25.9 | 43.3 | 23.1 | 2.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Public/society benefit, e.g., civil | | | | | | | | | | rights, social justice, community | | | | | | | | | | improvement organizations .........| 7.5 | 22.7 | 43.4 | 20.8 | 5.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Media, e.g., newspapers, T.V., | | | | | | | | | | radio .............................| 6.3 | 22.7 | 39.5 | 29.7 | 1.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Television news .....................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 15.0 | 19.0 | 40.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 Work-related organizations ..........| 6.1 | 21.5 | 47.2 | 17.4 | 7.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- State government ....................| 4.1 | 22.2 | 44.9 | 26.4 | 2.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | International/foreign, e.g., | | | | | | | | | | culture exchange, relief | | | | | | | | | | organizations ....................| 6.3 | 19.1 | 37.5 | 24.2 | 12.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Organized labor .....................| 6.6 | 17.7 | 40.9 | 29.3 | 5.6 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 45.0 | 22.0 | 5.0 Major corporations ..................| 4.9 | 18.7 | 44.2 | 27.4 | 4.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Federal government ..................| 5.2 | 17.5 | 43.9 | 31.1 | 2.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Organizations that advocate a | | | | | | | | | | particular cause ..................| 4.0 | 15.7 | 42.7 | 29.5 | 8.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | Congress ............................| 3.4 | 12.4 | 41.7 | 39.0 | 3.5 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 48.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 Political organizations, e.g., | | | | | | | | | | Republican or Democratic parties .| 3.8 | 10.8 | 39.2 | 42.6 | 3.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- _____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Institutions are listed in rank order as determined by the combined responses of "a great deal" and "quite a lot" of confidence for 1996. SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1996 and 1998. (This table was prepared September 1998.) |