Sex Variable

The Sex Variable field specifies the variable indicating gender. This variable must contain either the numeric values 1 and 2 or character strings starting with "M" and "F" corresponding to male and female, respectively.

To Specify a Sex Variable:

8 Specify the Input SAS Data Set.

All of the variables in the specified input data set are displayed in the Available Variables field.

8 Examine the list of available variables.
8 Highlight the variables specifying sex. In this example, sex is defined by the values in the variable sex.
8 Click to add the highlighted variable to the Sex Variable field, as shown below: