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Table 28.Public's level of confidence in various institutions: 1994

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                                             |Percent of respondents by levels of confidence
                                             |______________________________________________
                 Institution                 | A great |  Quite  |        |  Very  | Can't
                                             |  deal   |  a lot  |  Some  | little |  say
_____________________________________________|_________|_________|________|________|________
                      1                      |    2    |    3    |   4    |   5    |   6
_____________________________________________|_________|_________|________|________|________
Small businesses ............................|    16.2 |    36.7 |   36.8 |    7.2 |    3.2
Religious organizations .....................|    21.3 |    28.3 |   30.9 |   16.7 |    2.8
The military ................................|    15.8 |    32.8 |   34.0 |   14.1 |    3.2
Private higher education ....................|    14.4 |    33.9 |   30.9 |   12.4 |    8.4
Youth development and recreation ............|    13.8 |    33.0 |   35.6 |   12.1 |    5.5
Private elementary or secondary              |         |         |        |        |
  education .................................|    13.4 |    31.9 |   34.7 |   13.9 |    6.2
Public higher education .....................|    11.4 |    33.9 |   39.2 |   10.7 |    4.8
Public elementary or secondary               |         |         |        |        |
  education .................................|    11.3 |    30.7 |   40.6 |   14.7 |    2.7
Federated charitable appeals,                |         |         |        |        |
  e.g., United Way ..........................|    11.3 |    26.1 |   36.1 |   21.2 |    5.3
Health organizations ........................|    11.2 |    24.4 |   43.0 |   16.6 |    4.7
Environmental organizations .................|    10.7 |    22.9 |   40.3 |   20.5 |    5.6
Human services organizations ................|    10.3 |    22.9 |   45.0 |   15.4 |    6.5
Private and community foundations ...........|     8.0 |    22.5 |   43.9 |   16.7 |    8.9
Recreation for adults .......................|     8.6 |    21.7 |   43.4 |   15.0 |   11.3
Arts, culture, and humanities organizations .|     8.1 |    21.2 |   40.5 |   18.7 |   11.6
Work-related organizations ..................|     5.5 |    22.6 |   48.8 |   14.6 |    8.6
Media, e.g., newspapers, T.V.,               |         |         |        |        |
  radio .....................................|     6.1 |    19.8 |   40.5 |   32.0 |    1.6
Public/society benefit, e.g., civil          |         |         |        |        |
   rights, social justice, community         |         |         |        |        |
   improvement organizations ................|     6.0 |    17.9 |   45.5 |   24.4 |    6.1
Local government ............................|     3.8 |    19.4 |   45.6 |   29.0 |    2.1
Organized labor .............................|     6.7 |    15.9 |   43.9 |   29.1 |    4.4
Major corporations ..........................|     5.1 |    17.2 |   50.6 |   22.7 |    4.4
State government ............................|     4.4 |    16.4 |   46.0 |   31.2 |    1.9
Federal government ..........................|     3.5 |    15.5 |   44.2 |   34.8 |    1.9
International/foreign, e.g.,                 |         |         |        |        |
  culture exchange, relief                   |         |         |        |        |
  organizations  ............................|     3.7 |    14.9 |   38.3 |   30.7 |   12.5
Political organizations, e.g.,               |         |         |        |        |
   Republican or Democratic parties .........|     3.9 |    12.7 |   40.3 |   39.7 |    3.4
Organizations that advocate a                |         |         |        |        |
  particular cause ..........................|     3.9 |    12.5 |   39.5 |   37.6 |    6.6
Congress ....................................|     3.2 |    12.0 |   40.9 |   41.3 |    2.6
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NOTE.--Institutions are listed in rank order as determined by the combined responses of "a great deal" and "quite a lot" of confidence.

SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1994. (This table was prepared April 1995.)

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