Pennsylvania earns its 3rd highest ranking of 34th in the nation with 15.9% of its citizens reporting exchanging favors several times a week. However, this indicator does not seem to predict an increase in all forms of civic participation measured by this report like eating dinner with family and speaking with neighbors. In fact, those who report exchanging favors with neighbors vote, register to vote, and donate less often than those who do not exchange favors with neighbors.

Opportunities for Growth:
1. There are indications that encouraging Pennsylvanians to exchange favors with their neighbors would increase the rate of volunteerism and the rate of those attending meetings as well as get more Pennsylvanians to work with their neighbors to x something in the neighborhood.
• 37.0% of those who talk to their neighbors volunteer vs. 27.4% of those who do not.
• 30.6% of neighborhood talkers attend meetings, whereas 18.7% of those who do not speak to their neighbors attend.
• 11.2% of those who speak to their neighbors also have worked with them to x something in the neighborhood over the last year vs. 6.6% who do not.