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                                     |                 1994                |                 1996
                                     |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
                                     |       Percent of respondents by     |       Percent of respondents by
                                     |         levels of confidence        |         levels of confidence
                                     |_____________________________________|_____________________________________
             Institution             |A great| Quite |      | Very  |Can't |A great| Quite |      | Very  |Can't
                                     | deal  | a lot | Some |little | say  | deal  | a lot | Some |little | say
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                  1                  |   2   |   3   |  4   |   5   |  6   |   7   |   8   |  9   |  10   |  11
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Private higher education ............|  14.4 |  33.9 | 30.9 |  12.4 |  8.4 |  18.3 |  38.7 | 28.3 |   7.5 |  7.1
Small businesses ....................|  16.2 |  36.7 | 36.8 |   7.2 |  3.2 |  15.3 |  40.8 | 32.6 |   7.6 |  3.6
Religious organizations .............|  21.3 |  28.3 | 30.9 |  16.7 |  2.8 |  23.6 |  31.1 | 31.3 |  12.3 |  1.7
The military ........................|  15.8 |  32.8 | 34.0 |  14.1 |  3.2 |  16.9 |  37.0 | 31.0 |  12.1 |  3.1
Public higher education .............|  11.4 |  33.9 | 39.2 |  10.7 |  4.8 |  15.0 |  36.4 | 34.2 |  11.6 |  2.8
                                     |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
Private elementary or secondary      |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  education .........................|  13.4 |  31.9 | 34.7 |  13.9 |  6.2 |  15.1 |  35.3 | 33.4 |   9.7 |  6.5
Youth development and recreation ....|  13.8 |  33.0 | 35.6 |  12.1 |  5.5 |  14.8 |  35.2 | 32.7 |  11.6 |  5.7
Public elementary or secondary       |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  education .........................|  11.3 |  30.7 | 40.6 |  14.7 |  2.7 |  13.3 |  31.7 | 37.2 |  15.3 |  2.4
Health organizations ................|  11.2 |  24.4 | 43.0 |  16.6 |  4.7 |  10.8 |  28.2 | 42.0 |  15.9 |  3.1
Federated charitable appeals,        |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  e.g., United Way ..................|  11.3 |  26.1 | 36.1 |  21.2 |  5.3 |  12.6 |  26.3 | 34.9 |  21.6 |  4.5
                                     |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
Human services organizations ........|  10.3 |  22.9 | 45.0 |  15.4 |  6.5 |   9.1 |  28.1 | 42.6 |  15.1 |  5.0
Arts, culture, and humanities        |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  organizations .....................|   8.1 |  21.2 | 40.5 |  18.7 | 11.6 |   9.3 |  26.7 | 39.8 |  14.3 |  9.9
Recreation for adults ...............|   8.6 |  21.7 | 43.4 |  15.0 | 11.3 |   7.8 |  27.5 | 41.9 |  13.4 |  9.4
Environmental organizations .........|  10.7 |  22.9 | 40.3 |  20.5 |  5.6 |   9.4 |  23.1 | 41.0 |  20.3 |  6.2
Private and community foundations ...|   8.0 |  22.5 | 43.9 |  16.7 |  8.9 |   7.6 |  24.0 | 42.3 |  13.5 | 12.6
                                     |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
Local government ....................|   3.8 |  19.4 | 45.6 |  29.0 |  2.1 |   5.4 |  25.9 | 43.3 |  23.1 |  2.3
Public/society benefit, e.g., civil  |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  rights, social justice, community  |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  improvement organizations .........|   6.0 |  17.9 | 45.5 |  24.4 |  6.1 |   7.5 |  22.7 | 43.4 |  20.8 |  5.6
Media, e.g., newspapers, T.V.,       |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  radio .............................|   6.1 |  19.8 | 40.5 |  32.0 |  1.6 |   6.3 |  22.7 | 39.5 |  29.7 |  1.8
Work-related organizations ..........|   5.5 |  22.6 | 48.8 |  14.6 |  8.6 |   6.1 |  21.5 | 47.2 |  17.4 |  7.9
State government ....................|   4.4 |  16.4 | 46.0 |  31.2 |  1.9 |   4.1 |  22.2 | 44.9 |  26.4 |  2.5
                                     |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
International/foreign, e.g.,         |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  culture exchange, relief           |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  organizations  ....................|   3.7 |  14.9 | 38.3 |  30.7 | 12.5 |   6.3 |  19.1 | 37.5 |  24.2 | 12.8
Organized labor .....................|   6.7 |  15.9 | 43.9 |  29.1 |  4.4 |   6.6 |  17.7 | 40.9 |  29.3 |  5.6
Major corporations ..................|   5.1 |  17.2 | 50.6 |  22.7 |  4.4 |   4.9 |  18.7 | 44.2 |  27.4 |  4.8
Federal government ..................|   3.5 |  15.5 | 44.2 |  34.8 |  1.9 |   5.2 |  17.5 | 43.9 |  31.1 |  2.2
Organizations that advocate a        |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
  particular cause ..................|   3.9 |  12.5 | 39.5 |  37.6 |  6.6 |   4.0 |  15.7 | 42.7 |  29.5 |  8.1
                                     |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
Congress ............................|   3.2 |  12.0 | 40.9 |  41.3 |  2.6 |   3.4 |  12.4 | 41.7 |  39.0 |  3.5
Political organizations, e.g.,       |       |       |      |       |      |       |       |      |       |
   Republican or Democratic parties .|   3.9 |  12.7 | 40.3 |  39.7 |  3.4 |   3.8 |  10.8 | 39.2 |  42.6 |  3.7
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SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1994 and 1996. (This table was prepared April 1997.)