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                                     |       Percentage of respondents by   |       Percentage 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|
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                  1                  |   2   |   3   |  4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |  9   |  10   |  11   |
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Private higher education ............|    18 |    39 |   28 |     8 |     7 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Small businesses ....................|    15 |    41 |   33 |     8 |     4 |    25 |    31 |   34 |     9 |     1 |
Religious organizations .............|    24 |    31 |   31 |    12 |     2 |    34 |    25 |   26 |    12 |     2 |
The military ........................|    17 |    37 |   31 |    12 |     3 |    33 |    31 |   25 |     8 |     2 |
Public higher education .............|    15 |    36 |   34 |    12 |     3 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
                                     |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
Private elementary or secondary      |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  education .........................|    15 |    35 |   33 |    10 |     7 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Youth development and recreation ....|    15 |    35 |   33 |    12 |     6 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Public elementary or secondary       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  education .........................|    13 |    32 |   37 |    15 |     2 |    16 |    21 |   40 |    20 |     1 |
Health organizations ................|    11 |    28 |   42 |    16 |     3 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Federated charitable appeals,        |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  e.g., United Way ..................|    13 |    26 |   35 |    22 |     5 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
                                     |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
Human services organizations ........|     9 |    28 |   43 |    15 |     5 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Arts, culture, and humanities        |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  organizations .....................|     9 |    27 |   40 |    14 |    10 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Recreation for adults ...............|     8 |    28 |   42 |    13 |     9 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Environmental organizations .........|     9 |    23 |   41 |    20 |     6 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Private and community foundations ...|     8 |    24 |   42 |    14 |    13 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
                                     |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
Local government ....................|     5 |    26 |   43 |    23 |     2 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Public/society benefit, e.g., civil  |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  rights, social justice, community  |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  improvement organizations .........|     8 |    23 |   43 |    21 |     6 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Media, e.g., newspapers, T.V.,       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  radio .............................|     6 |    23 |   40 |    30 |     2 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Television news .....................|   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |    15 |    19 |   40 |    24 |     1 |
Work-related organizations ..........|     6 |    22 |   47 |    17 |     8 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
State government ....................|     4 |    22 |   45 |    26 |     3 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
                                     |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
International/foreign, e.g.,         |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  culture exchange, relief           |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  organizations  ....................|     6 |    19 |   38 |    24 |    13 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Organized labor .....................|     7 |    18 |   41 |    29 |     6 |    11 |    15 |   45 |    22 |     5 |
Major corporations ..................|     5 |    19 |   44 |    27 |     5 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Federal government ..................|     5 |    18 |   44 |    31 |     2 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
Organizations that advocate a        |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
  particular cause ..................|     4 |    16 |   43 |    30 |     8 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
                                     |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
Congress ............................|     3 |    12 |   42 |    39 |     4 |    10 |    18 |   48 |    20 |     2 |
Political organizations, e.g.,       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |
   Republican or Democratic parties .|     4 |    11 |   39 |    43 |     4 |   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   --- |
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SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1996 and 1998. (This table was prepared September 1998.)