Analysis of 372 United Way volunteer-run fund-raising campaigns
shows that giving is higher in communities with stable or declining
population, a high concentration of women in the work force, and
high voter turnout and lower in areas of low population density and
increasing population, many retail firms and limited manufacturing,
and a concentration of government employees.
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