invalid cell specification; column out of range

[adamrossnelson]

When the levels of a cross tabulation do not match the levels of each variable individually tabulated: invalid cell specification; column out of range.

Categorica |
    l low, |
 moderate, |
   high of |
  referral |            Sector of institution
     rate. | Private..  Private..  Public,..  Public,.. |     Total
-----------+--------------------------------------------+----------
     1 low |         1         34         82        145 |       262 
2 moderate |         0         58          5        199 |       262 
    3 high |         0        147          0        115 |       262 
-----------+--------------------------------------------+----------
     Total |         1        239         87        459 |       786 

invalid cell specification; column out of range
r(198);


. tab sector

                  Sector of institution |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
                Public, 4-year or above |        463       56.95       56.95
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above |        245       30.14       87.08
    Private for-profit, 4-year or above |          3        0.37       87.45
                         Public, 2-year |        101       12.42       99.88
         Private not-for-profit, 2-year |          1        0.12      100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
                                  Total |        813      100.00

. tab refrt_cat

Categorical |
       low, |
  moderate, |
    high of |
   referral |
      rate. |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
------------+-----------------------------------
      1 low |        262       33.33       33.33
 2 moderate |        262       33.33       66.67
     3 high |        262       33.33      100.00
------------+-----------------------------------
      Total |        786      100.00