> I cannot use the weight command on categorical variables so I am at a loss of what to do.   You can use the WEIGHT statement for categorical variables. However, if these are survey weights you might want to use the SURVEYFREQ procedure instead, which corrects the variance estimates to account for the sampling design. ... View more

If your variable is categorical you likely want count summaries instead and that lends itself to PROC FREQ, not PROC UNIVARIATE.    Statistical summaries, such as means/medians don't make sense for a categorical variable.    If you're trying to group your summaries by the categorical variable include it in your CLASS statement.      ... View more

That's what i assumed, thank you so much!  ... View more