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Question 252. Now I'm going to read several more statements. As I read each one, please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. b. It is more important for a wife to help her husband's career than to have one herself.
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | agree | disagree | don't know | no answer | strongly agree | strongly disagree | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 636 | 534 | 52 | 6 | 205 | 97 | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 455 | 679 | 55 | 7 | 97 | 241 | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 428 | 681 | 33 | 1 | 88 | 239 | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 253 | 466 | 21 | 1 | 47 | 200 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 217 | 501 | 37 | 4 | 53 | 194 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 230 | 457 | 22 | 2 | 35 | 182 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 262 | 504 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 200 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 214 | 576 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 222 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 1015 | 351 | 1057 | 64 | 13 | 59 | 433 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 475 | 420 | 1278 | 73 | 10 | 74 | 574 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 303 | 999 | 54 | 12 | 44 | 459 | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 56553 | 3769 | 7732 | 467 | 59 | 769 | 3041 | 72390 |
1 strongly agree
2 agree
3 disagree
4 strongly disagree
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook