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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 THINK FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF
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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 | 41 | 379 | 83 | 8 | 128 | 101 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 118 | 929 | 208 | 19 | 336 | 209 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 64 | 482 | 127 | 20 | 178 | 126 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 58 | 529 | 129 | 35 | 183 | 101 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 60 | 440 | 110 | 28 | 171 | 90 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 46 | 510 | 135 | 35 | 161 | 130 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 61 | 551 | 140 | 26 | 154 | 125 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 96 | 1058 | 253 | 33 | 339 | 232 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 96 | 973 | 260 | 30 | 324 | 242 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 91 | 928 | 257 | 31 | 344 | 260 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 72 | 903 | 266 | 33 | 355 | 267 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 41 | 447 | 110 | 13 | 183 | 118 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 45 | 423 | 129 | 8 | 163 | 108 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 3508 | 32 | 459 | 157 | 7 | 193 | 154 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 63 | 615 | 197 | 14 | 285 | 191 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 70 | 576 | 237 | 28 | 250 | 216 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 66 | 594 | 197 | 15 | 243 | 223 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 72 | 726 | 279 | 17 | 310 | 283 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 911 | 89 | 817 | 335 | 22 | 348 | 345 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 79 | 643 | 243 | 21 | 308 | 269 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1360 | 51 | 1268 | 262 | 99 | 581 | 411 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 54 | 1083 | 269 | 77 | 499 | 389 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3309 | 3309 |
| Total | 39964 | 1465 | 15333 | 4383 | 619 | 6036 | 4590 | 3309 | 75699 |