[EpiData-list] Multiple response questions

Dear Kristine:

As one variable can take only one value, you must use as many variables as there are possible values. If you have 5 possible responses ("Do you have any of the following 5 symptoms?"), you need 5 variables, each with 3 possible values, "present", "absent", "unanswered". I don't see an easier way.

Regards,

Hans

Dear Epi-data users:

What is the best way to deal with multiple response questions?

Thanks, Kristine Hopkins Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin