opwlth
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Question Please show for each of these how important you think it is for getting ahead in life . . . A. First, how important is coming from a wealthy family?
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
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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 | 62 | 290 | 432 | 466 | 264 | 35 | 15 | - | - | 1819 |
| 2000 | 1545 | 35 | 206 | 338 | 418 | 179 | 42 | 54 | - | - | 2817 |
| 2021 | 2029 | 118 | 407 | 580 | 506 | 204 | 63 | 117 | 8 | - | 4032 |
| Total | 3829 | 215 | 903 | 1350 | 1390 | 647 | 140 | 186 | 8 | 0 | 8668 |