Causes Women Support: Are there differences in the causes men and women support?

From The Center For Philanthropy Indiana University

The Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University released a report that examines the differences between men and women's giving by charitable area. This report – Causes Women Support – is a follow-up to the October 2010 report Women Give 2010 – Women Give More Than Men – which reported differences in giving to charity between male and female single-headed households across income levels.

December, 2010
Causes Women Support: Are there differences in the causes men and women support?

Using the same data set, methodology, and analysis, the research question asked was, "Are there differences between male and female single-headed households across all subsectors of charitable giving? As in the first report, we focus only on male and female households led by the following singles: (1) never marrieds, (2) divorced/separated, and (3) widows/widowers. By focusing only on male and female single-headed households, the conclusions that we draw will be more definitive as to the differences between men's and women's giving.

Findings

FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE LIKELY OR AS LIKELY TO GIVE AS MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS IN EVERY CHARITABLE SUBSECTOR

From The Center For Philanthropy Indiana University
Subsector Head of Household
Female Male
Religious Institutions 35.9% 25.2%
Combined Purposes 20.1% 17.6%
Help Needy 23.4% 19.9%
Health Care/Med. Research 16.7% 12.1%
Education 10.5% 8%
Youth & Family 8.7% 6.6%
Arts & Culture 5.5% 5.6%
Community 5.6% 3.7%
Environment 6.1% 5.6%
International 5.1% 3.3%
Other 4.8% 4.9%

FINDING #2:

THE TOP FIVE AREAS IN WHICH FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS TO GIVE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL, COMMUNITY, RELIGION, HEALTH CARE, AND YOUTH & FAMILY AREAS.

In Finding 2 we examine differences between males and females in each subsector to determine their differences in the likelihood of giving. Females are more than 50 percent more likely than males to support international and community causes, although less than 6 percent of both men and women are likely to support these causes.

Percent by which women are more likely to give Cause
55% International
51% Community
42% Religious Institutions
38% Health care
32% Youth or Family
31% Education
18% Helping people in Need
14% Combined purposes

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