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What Do "Don’t Know" Responses Really Mean in Giving Surveys?

Arthur C. Brooks

Syracuse University

Surveys of charitable giving typically find that a substantial proportion of respondents say they do not know how much they gave in the past year. In this article, it is argued that these responses tend to distort giving levels among certain demographic groups, thus compromising the accuracy of charity measures. This problem is illustrated using data from the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey, and the groups that are the primary source of this distortion are identified.

Key Words: survey research • charitable giving • philanthropy • nonresponse bias

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3, 423-434 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0899764004266636
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