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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	28	2.25%
inapplicable	-8	512	41.12%
refusal	-2	1	0.08%
don't know	-1	28	2.25%
very important	1	338	27.15%
important	2	299	24.02%
not important	3	32	2.57%
unimportant	4	7	0.56%
	Total	1245	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.74%
inapplicable	-8	526	43.15%
don't know	-1	22	1.8%
very important	1	287	23.54%
important	2	339	27.81%
not very important	3	24	1.97%
not at all important	4	12	0.98%
	Total	1219	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	1.02%
inapplicable	-8	555	43.39%
don't know	-1	38	2.97%
very important	1	314	24.55%
important	2	312	24.39%
not very important	3	42	3.28%
not at all important	4	5	0.39%
	Total	1279	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.8%
inapplicable	-8	481	64.3%
very important	1	228	30.48%
not very important	2	27	3.61%
not at all important	3	6	0.8%
	Total	748	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.4%
inapplicable	-8	448	59.81%
very important	1	268	35.78%
not very important	2	29	3.87%
not at all important	3	1	0.13%
	Total	749	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.52%
inapplicable	-8	480	62.1%
very important	1	254	32.86%
not very important	2	29	3.75%
not at all important	3	6	0.78%
	Total	773	100.0%

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