| Platform | Dataset Description
(Sept. 1993 Roper Report) |
Storage Requirements (bytes) | Percentage of Original |
| All platforms | Original (column-binary) | 2858400 | |
| IBM PC datasets | SAS dataset (full set of variables) | 19464984 | |
| SAS XPORT dataset (full set of variables) | 19144720 | ||
| SAS dataset with 4 byte integers (full set of variables) | 9978112 | ||
| SAS dataset with 3 byte integers (full set of variables) | 7528192 | ||
| SAS dataset (partial set of variables) | 8879360 | ||
| SAS XPORT dataset (partial set of variables) | 8843760 | ||
| SAS dataset with 4 byte integers (partial set of variables) | 4571392 | ||
| SAS dataset with 3 byte integers (partial set of variables) | 3471616 | ||
| Mainframe datasets | SAS dataset (full set of variables) | 23347200 | |
| SAS XPORT dataset (full set of variables) | 19144720 | ||
| SAS dataset (partial set of variables) | 11059200 | ||
| SAS XPORT dataset (partial set of variables) | 8843760 |
