opknow
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Question Please show for each of these how important you think it is for getting ahead in life . . . G. Knowing the right people?
Values
[1]essential[2]very important[3]fairly important[4]not very important[5]not important at all[NA(d)]can't choose[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
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for opknow.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | essential | very important | fairly important | not very important | not important at all | can't choose | no answer | skipped on web | not available in this year | Total |
| 1987 | 255 | 137 | 548 | 654 | 173 | 27 | 9 | 16 | - | - | 1819 |
| 2000 | 1545 | 155 | 410 | 459 | 129 | 44 | 20 | 55 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2021 | 2029 | 250 | 603 | 763 | 199 | 30 | 29 | 116 | 13 | - | 4032 |
| Total | 3829 | 542 | 1561 | 1876 | 501 | 101 | 58 | 187 | 13 | 0 | 8668 |