Stacking with Crosstabulation

A stacked table can include other variables in other dimensions. For example, you could crosstabulate two variables stacked in the rows with a third variable displayed in the column dimension.

  1. Open the table builder again (Analyze menu, Tables, Custom Tables).
  2. If Age category and Gender aren't already stacked in the rows, follow the directions above for stacking them.
  3. Drag and drop Get news from internet from the variable list to the Columns area on the canvas pane.
  4. Click OK to create the table.
Figure 1. Two stacked row variables crosstabulated with a column variable
Two stacked row variables crosstabulated with a column variable

Note: There are several variables with labels that start with Get news from ..., so it may be difficult to distinguish between them in the variable list (since the labels may be too wide to be displayed completely in the variable list). There are two ways to see the entire variable label:

  • Position the mouse pointer on a variable in the list to display the entire label in a pop-up ToolTip.
  • Click and drag the vertical bar that separates the variable and Categories lists from the canvas pane to make the lists wider.