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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?
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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
| ballots | years |
| -/- | 1986, 1987 |
| B/C | 1988, 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 obey.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | most important | 2nd important | 3rd important | 4th important | least important | no answer | Total |
| 1986 | 730 | 168 | 116 | 117 | 235 | 96 | 8 | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 433 | 250 | 266 | 525 | 326 | 19 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 226 | 122 | 191 | 286 | 152 | 20 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 199 | 137 | 168 | 329 | 167 | 35 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 165 | 108 | 166 | 285 | 147 | 28 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 195 | 123 | 142 | 343 | 179 | 35 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 191 | 146 | 174 | 361 | 159 | 26 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 357 | 261 | 328 | 759 | 273 | 33 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 341 | 250 | 336 | 689 | 279 | 30 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 355 | 237 | 320 | 680 | 288 | 31 | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 389 | 230 | 299 | 662 | 283 | 33 | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 131 | 112 | 145 | 367 | 144 | 13 | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 107 | 123 | 146 | 365 | 127 | 8 | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3508 | 184 | 119 | 170 | 389 | 133 | 7 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 212 | 155 | 223 | 555 | 206 | 14 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 193 | 170 | 245 | 537 | 204 | 28 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 182 | 156 | 238 | 537 | 210 | 15 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 204 | 203 | 253 | 718 | 292 | 17 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 239 | 211 | 310 | 847 | 327 | 22 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 167 | 169 | 240 | 706 | 260 | 21 | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1360 | 127 | 160 | 294 | 1318 | 674 | 99 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 169 | 176 | 270 | 1085 | 594 | 77 | 3544 |
| 2024 | 1116 | 174 | 197 | 284 | 926 | 533 | 79 | 3309 |
| Total | 22494 | 5108 | 3931 | 5325 | 13504 | 6053 | 698 | 57113 |