David,

Do yourself a favor, and learn how to use Pivot Tables. You will be able to
answer all your combinations of questions without using a single formula.

Select your table, choose Data / Pivot Table... and click through to the
end. Then drag Sex, Age, Range Employment Level, Work Location, Length of
Service to the Row Fields area, and drag "Management operates an open door
policy when it comes to safety." to the columns field and then again to the
data field. And then you can hide categories or subcategories to get a
score count of any combination of variables.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP



"David G Broadbent" wrote in message
u...
Dear ALL,

I have an excel sheet similar to below


Sex Age Range Employment Level Work Location Length of Service
Management operates an open door policy when it comes to safety.
2 4 1 2 1
1 3 1 5 2
2 3 3 1 4
1 5 3 1 5
2 3 3 4 5
2 4 1 2 1
1 3 1 5 2
2 3 3 1 4
1 5 3 1 5
2 3 3 4 5
2 4 1 2 1
1 3 1 5 5
2 3 3 1 4
1 5 3 1 5
2 3 3 4 5
2 4 1 2 1
1 3 1 5 5
2 3 3 1 4
1 5 3 1 5
2 3 3 4 5


The first 5 questions are demographic questions. The last is an "opinion"
question.

If somebody can help me with the syntax for getting one of these right I
shall be eternally grateful!!!!

WHAT I NEED TO DO:

I need to be able to count the number of "1's" in the column "Management
etc" dependant on the response in a demographic column eg "sex".

Eg If the response is "1" in sex (meaning male) and '5" in management
(meaning strongly agree); then count the number of "5's" only. The result
in the target cell returned to me only delivers the males that strongly
agreed. The correct answer to this example should be 6.

Once I have this syntax I am thinking I just then modify it for all the
other demographic questions.

MANY THANKS.