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Im looking at the frequency for a variable and the total doesn match the survey sample sizewhy not?

April 26, 2017Frequency sample Survey total

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Im looking at the frequency for a variable and the total doesn match the survey sample sizewhy not?

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Not every question is asked of every respondent. Many questions are limited to a particular group through skip patterns. These skip patterns create a universe of respondents eligible to answer a question. For example, the universe for a question on prostate screening in the past year is limited to ‘all adult men age 40 years and older.