MEANS output states there are not enough cases to run linearity test

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I have attached a PASW Statistics data file where I am trying to check linearity between the dependent variable "death rate" and independent variables "DCs with 3 decimal places" and "income." I'm looking for the p-value of the F-test for linearity in the ANOVA table. Here is the procedure I use: Analyze --> Compare Means --> Means --> Options --> Test for linearity. The output gives me the p-value for linearity for the variable "DCs with 3 decimal places" but says there are too few cases for the "income" variable for the ANOVA table. Both independent variables have the same number of cases (n = 51). Could you tell me why I am not getting the ANOVA table, with the p-value I need, for the "income" variable when it has the same number of cases as the other independent variable?

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