WHAT DOES AMERICA THINK? 241- The differences among social classes for giving money to charity were much greater than the
differences for contributing time to help the needy. What might explain that? - Many people reported not giving money and not giving time for charity. What are some com-
monly held stereotypes about the needy that might hold people back from giving or at least
give them justification for not giving?
3 Go to this website to look further at the data. You can run your own statistics and crosstabs
here: http://sda.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/hsda?harcsda+gss04
REFERENCES:Davis, James A., Tom W. Smith, and Peter V. Marsden. General Social Surveys
1972–2004: [Cumulative file] [Computer file]. 2nd ICPSR version. Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research
Center [producer], 2005; Storrs, CT: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut;
Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; Berkeley, CA: Computer-Assisted
Survey Methods Program, University of California [distributors], 2005.