This column heading was "Std Dev" in older releases.    It was changed (from "Std Dev" to "Std Err") in PROC SURVEYMEANS and PROC SURVEYFREQ in release 14.1. The (former) "Std Dev" was referring to the standard error of the sum (not the estimated population standard deviation). Changed to clarify this.      There's some information in Usage Note 5921: A discussion of standard errors and standard deviations in the SURVEYMEANS procedure http://support.sas.com/kb/59/251.html   Only the column heading changed; the computation is the same. Documentation is here (SURVEYFREQ): https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=statug&docsetTarget=statug_surveyfreq_details36.htm&docsetVersion=15.1&locale=en and here (SURVEYMEANS): https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=statug&docsetTarget=statug_surveymeans_details06.htm&docsetVersion=15.1&locale=en#statug.surveymeans.vartotaldetails ... View more

Thanks Reeza! A custom format may work. Either excluding entirely or masking should function, though. I'll see about doing a custom format. ... View more