How to use a multiple response variable in regression analysis?

[ssayam]

I have a survey data where participants were allowed to choose multiple responses for a single variable.

For example, which one is your most trusted source for COVID-19 related information? (click all that apply)

1. Physicians
2. Govt. health organizations
3. Friends and family
4. Social media
5. TV news

I have created one binary variables for each options with "yes" and "no" responses. So, instead of one variable multiple response variable I now have 5 binary variables. My question is: Is there a way to create a multiple response variable in SAS (like SPSS)? I was able to create a frequency table but how do I make this multiple response variable/ 5 binary variables eligible to be put into a regression analysis?

[Norman21]

Welcome to the Community!

Here is a very good explanation of how to perform regression with categorical predictors:

https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/sas/webbooks/reg/chapter3/regression-with-saschapter-3-regression-with-c...

[ballardw]

"Multiple response" and "most trusted" do not belong in the same question. MOST implies a single answer.

The question should have been phrased as a "which sources do you trust". Please do not analyze this question and report any topic as "most" as you haven't enough information to tell unless you have additional information that contained a rank element for the selections.

What type of regression do want? This relates to the specific research question(s) you want answered.

[PaigeMiller]

Regression? What are the x-variables (sometimes called independent variables)? What is the y-variable (sometimes called the dependent variable)?