PAIRED Keyword (MULT RESPONSE command)

When MULT RESPONSE crosstabulates two multiple-response groups, by default it tabulates each variable in the first group with each variable in the second group and sums the counts for each cell. Thus, some responses can appear more than once in the table. Use PAIRED to pair the first variable in the first group with the first variable in the second group, the second variable in the first group with the second variable in the second group, and so on.

  • The keyword PAIRED is specified in parentheses on the TABLES subcommand following the last variable named for a specific table list.
  • When you request paired crosstabulations, the order of the component variables on the GROUPS subcommand determines the construction of the table.
  • Although the tables can contain individual variables and multiple-dichotomy groups in a paired table request, only variables within multiple-response groups are paired.
  • PAIRED also applies to a multiple-response group used as a control variable in a three-way or higher-order table.
  • Paired tables are identified in the output by the label PAIRED GROUP.
  • Percentages in paired tables are always based on responses rather than cases.

Example

MULT RESPONSE GROUPS=PSEX 'SEX OF CHILD'(P1SEX P2SEX P3SEX (1,2))
   /PAGE 'AGE OF ONSET OF PREGNANCY' (P1AGE P2AGE P3AGE (1,4))
   /TABLES=PSEX BY PAGE (PAIRED).
  • The PAIRED keyword produces a paired crosstabulation of PSEX by PAGE, which is a combination of the tables P1SEX by P1AGE, P2SEX by P2AGE, and P3SEX by P3AGE.

Example

MULT RESPONSE GROUPS=PSEX 'SEX OF CHILD'(P1SEX P2SEX P3SEX (1,2))
   PAGE 'AGE OF ONSET OF PREGNANCY' (P1AGE P2AGE P3AGE (1,4))
   /VARIABLES=EDUC (1,3)
   /TABLES=PSEX BY PAGE BY EDUC (PAIRED).
  • The TABLES subcommand pairs only PSEX with PAGE. EDUC is not paired because it is an individual variable, not a multiple-response group.