variable in spss is familygrossincome: 0='Unknown or not applicable' 1= 'Less than 20,000' 3= '20,000 to 39,999' 8='40,000 to 59,999' 12='60,000 to 79,999'; When imported, proc contents shows it is numeric. When I run proc freq it displays the levels as text i.e. Unknown or not applicable less than 20,000 etc When I do where statement I have to use numeric value (0, 1, 3, 8 12). I can only tell these are the values by looking at spss I cannot find them in sas If i make a character copy using familygrossCat= STRIP (PUT(familygrossincome, familygross.) then proc freq only displays 0,1 3, 8, 12) I guess I have three questions. 1) How do create a categorical variable with the text values not the numbers? 2) If I do copy numbers, how do I get procedures to display the text values (e.g. less than 20,000) instead of numerical value? 3) What is the command to see what the numerical and character values are for a variable? I usually just look at the original spss file Thank you! ... View more