Stacking Variables

Stacking can be thought of as taking separate tables and pasting them together into the same display. For example, you could display information on Gender and Age category in separate sections of the same table.

To Stack Variables

  1. In the variable list, select all of the variables you want to stack, then drag and drop them together into the rows or columns of the canvas pane.

    or

  2. Drag and drop variables separately, dropping each variable either above or below existing variables in the rows or to the right or left of existing variables in the columns.
Table 1. Stacked categorical variables
Variables Categories Summary Statistic
Variable 1 Category 1 123
  Category 2 456
Variable 2 Category 1 123
  Category 2 456
  Category 3 789

See the topic Stacking Categorical Variables for more information.