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Table 28. Households contributing to education and other charitable organizations and average annual donation, by type of charity: Selected years, 1989 to 1995

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                         |                1989           |              1991             |             1993             |             1995
                         |_______________________________|_______________________________|______________________________|______________________________
                         |          |    Average annual  |          |    Average annual  |          |    Average annual |          |    Average annual
                         |  Percent |     contribution   |  Percent |     contribution   |  Percent |     contribution  |  Percent |     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|     1017|      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
_________________________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________|_________

‡Reporting standards not met.
\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 which 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.)