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Question A. Would you please look at this card and tell me which one thing on this list you would most prefer in a job? B. Which comes next? C. Which is third most important? D. Which is fourth most important? A. High Income
Values
[1]most impt[2]second[3]third[4]fourth[5]fifth[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
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 |
| A/B | 2012, 2014 |
| A/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| D/- | 2006 |
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for jobinc.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | most impt | second | third | fourth | fifth | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1973 | - | 272 | 352 | 450 | 286 | 102 | 42 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 269 | 301 | 451 | 303 | 130 | 30 | - | 1484 |
| 1976 | - | 295 | 326 | 469 | 281 | 78 | 50 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 304 | 362 | 458 | 260 | 96 | 50 | - | 1530 |
| 1980 | - | 288 | 383 | 463 | 235 | 67 | 32 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 937 | 260 | 226 | 214 | 135 | 47 | 41 | - | 1860 |
| 1984 | - | 276 | 357 | 475 | 272 | 61 | 32 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 291 | 386 | 466 | 293 | 64 | 34 | - | 1534 |
| 1987 | - | 436 | 466 | 525 | 254 | 91 | 47 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 200 | 228 | 314 | 160 | 44 | 31 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 210 | 245 | 314 | 174 | 37 | 53 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 182 | 231 | 266 | 152 | 49 | 37 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 228 | 233 | 264 | 169 | 51 | 48 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 202 | 297 | 289 | 189 | 60 | 38 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2508 | 104 | 121 | 138 | 81 | 19 | 21 | - | 2992 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 356 | 379 | 415 | 248 | 100 | 20 | - | 4510 |
| 2012 | 1002 | 257 | 261 | 221 | 144 | 64 | 25 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1288 | 337 | 344 | 315 | 167 | 71 | 16 | - | 2538 |
| Total | 11245 | 4767 | 5498 | 6507 | 3803 | 1231 | 647 | 0 | 33698 |