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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question If you had to choose, which thing on this list would you pick as the most important for a child to learn to prepare him or her for life? (INTERVIEWER: READ CHOICES) A. Which comes next in importance? B. Which comes third? C. Which comes fourth? 5. To help others when they need help

Values

  • [1] most important

  • [2] 2nd important

  • [3] 3rd important

  • [4] 4th important

  • [5] least important

  • [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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballotsyears
-/-1986, 1987
B/C1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for helpoth.

Counts by year:

yeariapmost important2nd important3rd important4th importantleast importantno answerTotal
19867301002162431433081470
1987-20951663037174191819
19884841273322852064431481
198950212331232919640351537
199047311927327117929281372
199150012631633217533351517
199354913533731420837261606
199498125256771738161332992
199697924158964237350302904
199892125356763637549312832
200092124759063034452332817
2002185312727931615423132765
200419361512812891262182812
200635081593043391702374510
200865821744347918824142023
201066723744044221119282044
201263621445243120719151974
201485131152859820726172538
201691135765666823023222867
201878531253350817316212348
2021136053387892621422994032
2022117347076884418131773544
2024111642669371824334793309
Total2249454461087011587525578068157113

See also

Other Core: chldsex, chldsex1, socbar, socfrend, socommun, socrel, thnkself, workhard, youngen

Other Children: chldsex, chldsex1, thnkself, workhard