SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

MULT RESPONSE 1027
• For a multiple-response group, a case is considered missing by default if none of the
components has valid values falling within the tabulating range for that case. Thus, cases
with missing or excluded values on some (but not all) of the components of a group are
included in tabulations of the group variable. The keyword MRGROUP overrides the
default and specifies listwise deletion for multiple-response groups.
• You can use INCLUDE with MDGROUP, MRGROUP, or TABLE. The user-missing value is
tabulated if it is included in the range specification.
TABLE Exclude missing values on a table-by-table basis. Missing values are excluded
on a table-by-table basis for both component variables and groups. This is the
default if you omit the MISSING subcommand.
MDGROUP Exclude missing values listwise for multiple-dichotomy groups. Cases with
missing values for any component dichotomy variable are excluded from the
tabulation of the multiple-dichotomy group.
MRGROUP Exclude missing values listwise for multiple-response groups. Cases with
missing values for any component variable are excluded from the tabulation of
the multiple-response group.
INCLUDE Include user-missing values. User-missing values are treated as valid values if
they are included in the range specification on the GROUPS or VARIABLES
subcommands.
Example
MULT RESPONSE GROUPS=FINANCL ’FINANCIAL PROBLEMS MENTIONED’
(FINPROB1 TO FINPROB3 (1,3))
SOCIAL ’SOCIAL PROBLEMS MENTIONED’(SOCPROB1 TO SOCPROB4 (4,9))
/VARIABLES=EDUC (1,3)
/TABLES=EDUC BY FINANCL SOCIAL
/MISSING=MRGROUP.
• The MISSING subcommand indicates that a case will be excluded from counts in the first
table if any of the variables in the group FINPROB1 to FINPROB3 has a missing value or
a value outside the range 1 to 3. A case is excluded from the second table if any of the
variables in the group SOCPROB1 to SOCPROB4 has a missing value or value outside the
range 4 to 9.
FORMAT Subcommand
FORMAT controls table formats. The minimum specification on FORMAT is a single keyword.
Labels are controlled by two keywords:
LABELS Display value labels in frequency tables and crosstabulations. This is the
default.
NOLABELS Suppress value labels in frequency tables and crosstabulations for multipleresponse
variables and individual variables. You cannot suppress the display
of variable labels used as value labels for multiple-dichotomy groups.