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What Is Important to Skyline Students
Question: On a 5-point scale (where 5=very important and 1=not important), how important is it to you to accomplish each of the following?
Importance Average	Item Text	Very Important	Moderately Important	Not Important	n
4.68	To have time for my personal/family interests	92.2%	7.1%	0.7%	574
4.64	To have a steady, secure job	88.9%	9.4%	1.8%	619
4.52	To be self-reliant	85.8%	12.9%	1.3%	549
4.15	To make a lot of money	66.2%	30.7%	3.1%	521
3.95	To help others who are in need	57.3%	38.7%	4.0%	452
3.92	To be a parent	63.6%	25.1%	11.3%	550
3.86	To meet new and interesting people	53.6%	40.1%	6.2%	466
3.03	To own and operate my own business	29.0%	42.8%	28.3%	459
2.96	To be active in my community	20.4%	58.4%	21.1%	445
2.27	To make a theoretical/practical contribution to science	7.5%	42.5%	50.0%	480
Explanation of measures:
Importance average = Responses ranked by importance with 5=very important, 3=moderately important, and 1=not important
n = the number of responses to each item excluding blank responses