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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 167a. Which three qualities listed on this card would you say are the most desirable for a child to have? b. Which one of these three is the most desirable of all? c. All of the qualities listed on this card may be desirable, but could you tell me which three you consider least important? d. And which of these three is least important of all? THAT HE HAS GOOD MANNERS
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 1 least desirable | 1 most desirable | 3 least desirable | 3 most desirable | no answer | not mentioned | don't know | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 95 | 41 | 277 | 321 | 4 | 766 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 59 | 52 | 254 | 330 | 9 | 786 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 79 | 39 | 290 | 277 | 11 | 803 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 47 | 52 | 239 | 340 | 10 | 842 | 2 | 1532 |
| 1980 | 975 | 15 | 22 | 87 | 95 | 3 | 270 | 1 | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 61 | 50 | 284 | 353 | 20 | 831 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 64273 | 356 | 256 | 1431 | 1716 | 57 | 4298 | 3 | 72390 |
1 1 most desirable
2 3 most desirable
3 not mentioned
4 3 least desirable
5 1 least desirable
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