Public's level of confidence in various institutions: 1996 and 1998

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Table 27.
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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
_____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______
1                                    |     2 |     3 |    4 |     5 |     6 |     7 |     8 |    9 |    10 |    11
_____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______
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|   --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |   ---
_____________________________________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______
---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. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1996 and 1998. (This table was prepared September 1998.)
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