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Question 170. 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? a. Which comes next in importantc? b. Which comes third? c. Which comes fourth? TO BE WELL-LIKED OR POPULAR
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | fifth | first | fourth | no answer | second | third | not available in this release | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 730 | 525 | 4 | 142 | 8 | 28 | 33 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 1217 | 15 | 392 | 19 | 77 | 99 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 683 | 7 | 188 | 20 | 45 | 54 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 713 | 11 | 188 | 35 | 33 | 55 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 614 | 8 | 181 | 28 | 18 | 50 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 709 | 4 | 185 | 35 | 27 | 57 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 752 | 11 | 193 | 26 | 26 | 49 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 1518 | 9 | 330 | 33 | 43 | 78 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 1439 | 13 | 344 | 30 | 35 | 64 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 1424 | 19 | 330 | 31 | 41 | 66 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 1422 | 9 | 335 | 33 | 26 | 71 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 674 | 4 | 178 | 13 | 11 | 32 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 665 | 7 | 153 | 8 | 14 | 29 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3508 | 792 | 7 | 155 | 7 | 13 | 28 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 1033 | 12 | 254 | 14 | 14 | 38 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 1033 | 5 | 243 | 28 | 22 | 46 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 1008 | 7 | 255 | 15 | 21 | 32 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 1266 | 4 | 329 | 17 | 20 | 51 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 1473 | 11 | 376 | 22 | 23 | 51 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 1172 | 5 | 306 | 21 | 17 | 42 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1360 | 1821 | 21 | 663 | 99 | 20 | 48 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 1592 | 18 | 593 | 77 | 24 | 67 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3309 | 3309 |
| Total | 39964 | 23545 | 211 | 6313 | 619 | 598 | 1140 | 3309 | 75699 |