Use the ContainsAny function to define a quota for respondents who have chosen any of a number of listed categories. The categories can belong to a single response variable, a multiple response variable, or a grid subvariable.

Note that the syntax uses the unique ID of the category rather than its label.

You might define the quota expression for young people as:

This quota expression counts all respondents in the 17-20 years or 21-24 years categories.

You can use the ContainsAny function in combination with the logical operator Not to define a quota for respondents who have not chosen any of a number of listed categories. The categories can belong to a single response variable, a multiple response variable, or a grid subvariable.

The syntax is:

For example, you might define the quota expression for all respondents who are older than 20 years of age as:

This expression selects all respondents except those in the 11-16 years or 17-20 categories.