Percentages

In addition to counts, you can also display percentages. For a simple table of a single categorical variable, if the variable is displayed in rows, you probably want to look at column percentages. Conversely, for a variable displayed in columns, you probably want to look at row percentages.

1. Open the table builder again (Analyze menu, Tables, Custom Tables).
2. In the Summary Statistics group, deselect Hide for Position. Since this table will have two columns, you want to display the column labels so you know what each column represents.
3. Right-click Age category on the canvas pane and select Summary Statistics from the pop-up menu.
4. In the Summary Statistics dialog box, select Column N % in the Statistics list and click the arrow to add it to the Display list.
5. In the Label cell in the Display list, delete the default label and type Percent.
6. Click Apply to Selection and then click OK in the table builder to create the table.