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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
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| | 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
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‡Reporting standards not met. 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.)
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