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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? B. No danger of being fired
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 jobsec.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | most impt | second | third | fourth | fifth | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1973 | - | 100 | 210 | 290 | 438 | 424 | 42 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 111 | 159 | 286 | 417 | 481 | 30 | - | 1484 |
| 1976 | - | 111 | 214 | 290 | 458 | 376 | 50 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 119 | 208 | 324 | 467 | 362 | 50 | - | 1530 |
| 1980 | - | 87 | 170 | 241 | 486 | 452 | 32 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 937 | 93 | 175 | 203 | 242 | 169 | 41 | - | 1860 |
| 1984 | - | 109 | 192 | 288 | 512 | 340 | 32 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 109 | 168 | 308 | 528 | 387 | 34 | - | 1534 |
| 1987 | - | 120 | 221 | 366 | 587 | 478 | 47 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 62 | 131 | 190 | 299 | 264 | 31 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 49 | 116 | 206 | 342 | 267 | 53 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 55 | 106 | 195 | 288 | 236 | 37 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 53 | 120 | 218 | 303 | 251 | 48 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 91 | 146 | 210 | 348 | 242 | 38 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2508 | 39 | 71 | 103 | 152 | 98 | 21 | - | 2992 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 170 | 225 | 288 | 403 | 412 | 20 | - | 4510 |
| 2012 | 1002 | 81 | 149 | 209 | 275 | 232 | 26 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1288 | 103 | 215 | 255 | 355 | 306 | 16 | - | 2538 |
| Total | 11245 | 1662 | 2996 | 4470 | 6900 | 5777 | 648 | 0 | 33698 |