A strong majority of Americans view family time as “very important” or “one of the most important” things in their lives, “far outranking other personal priorities,” a recent Pew Research Center survey found.

Roughly three-quarters (73 percent) of Americans rate spending time with family as one of the most important things to them personally, no matter how much time they actually spend with family.

“Nine-in-ten say they view it either as one of the most important things or as very important but not the most important thing,” according to the survey report.