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1406.0.55.005 - User Manual: Survey TableBuilder, 2012  
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Contents >> 6 Interpreting Results >> 6.1 Summation Options

Users need to understand the type of data in the tables so that the tabulation results can be interpreted correctly. Every database has an assigned default summation option. Some databases can have more than one summation option. For example:
Image: Illustrating multiple Summation Options

The 'Counting' display in the table heading shows which summation option was used in generating the table.

Note: Users cannot use more than one summation option when generating a table.

Example:

In the table below, the count option is 'Weighted Sum of Person level'. It shows that there are 48,798,900 males, 53,889,300 females and 102,688,200 persons.

Image: Summation Options weighted sum of person level

While in the table below, the count option is "Weighted Sum of Household level'. It shows that there are 9,657,200 households with male, 10,459,600 households with female and 17,347,400 households in the survey.

Image: Summation Options weighted sum of household level

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