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During the past 12 months, how often have you done each of the following things: F. Given money to a charity
Gave money to a charity in past year · Asked in 4 waves, 2002–2014 · 5,294 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | More than once a week | Once a week | Once a month | At least 2 or 3 times in the past year | Once in the past year |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,274 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,308 |
| General Social Survey 2004 | 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 | face to face | 2,812 | 1,340 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,372 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Not at all in the past year |
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| All respondents | 3% | 7% | 18% | 28% | 14% | 30% | 1274 | ±3 | |
| Northeast | 2% | 6% | 18% | 34% | 13% | 27% | 218 | ±8 | |
| Midwest | 3% | 6% | 16% | 30% | 17% | 27% | 300 | ±7 | |
| South | 3% | 8% | 20% | 25% | 12% | 31% | 459 | ±5 | |
| West | 3% | 7% | 17% | 26% | 16% | 31% | 297 | ±7 |
General Social Survey 2014 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.