You probably have your
desired table pictured perfectly in your mind, but getting it to look
like that in your SAS output can sometimes be a challenge. Unfortunately,
PROC TABULATE cannot read your mind.
A common problem is
that you get the basic structure of the table correct, and you get
the correct values in the table cells, but the row and column headings
are not as you would like. For example, look at the following code:
PROC TABULATE DATA=TEMP F=DOLLAR8.;
CLASS AGE NUMKIDS;
VAR INCOME;
TABLE INCOME*AGE, NUMKIDS*MEAN;
RUN;
There is nothing wrong
with Output 17.13, but it is difficult to read. It looks like it is displaying the mean number of children because the MEAN label is ...