secjob
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Question On the following list there are various aspects of jobs. Please circle one number to show how important you personally consider it is in a job: A. Job security?
Values
[1]very important[2]important[3]neither important nor unimportant[4]not 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 secjob.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | very important | important | neither important nor unimportant | not important | not important at all | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1989 | 84 | 778 | 564 | 67 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 19 | - | 1537 |
| 1998 | 1609 | 678 | 428 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 39 | - | 2832 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 932 | 467 | 68 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 1 | - | 4510 |
| 2016 | 1390 | 1082 | 345 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 2867 |
| Total | 6075 | 3470 | 1804 | 201 | 79 | 25 | 29 | 63 | 0 | 11746 |