Wolfgang, Phillip, Hans,

Thanks for the pointer to :

\placetable[here,*split*]

However I need this to be one table split across however many pages
required, so that I would have as example ...

page 1: table 1.1

page 2: table 1.1 (cont.)

page 3: table 1.1 (cont)

please see attached code.

\placetable[here,split][tab:five]{Descriptive Statistics for Salaried Men \&
Women}
{%\setupTABLE[split=repeat]
\bTABLE
\bTABLEhead
\bTR
\bTH Group \eTH  \bTH N \eTH  \bTH MEAN \eTH    \bTH STD \eTH     \bTH MIN
\eTH    \bTH MAX  \eTH  \bTH Gini  \eTH \bTH 80/20 \eTH
\eTR
\eTABLEhead
\bTABLEbody
\bTR \bTC[nc=8] 1980 \eTC \eTR
\bTR \bTC ALL \eTC \bTC 14202 \eTC \bTC \$195727.9 \eTC \bTC 912.89 \eTC
\bTC \$3600 \eTC \bTC  \$1320000 \eTC \bTC 0.278 \eTC \bTC 4.54 \eTC \eTR
\bTR \bTC Men \eTC \bTC 9852 \eTC \bTC \$224678.5 \eTC \bTC 1123.61 \eTC
\bTC  \$3600 \eTC \bTC  \$1320000 \eTC \bTC 0.242 \eTC \bTC  3.68 \eTC \eTR
\bTR \bTC Women \eTC \bTC 4350 \eTC \bTC \$130159.7 \eTC \bTC  991.05 \eTC
\bTC  \$5000 \eTC \bTC  \$448000 \eTC \bTC 0.259 \eTC \bTC   3.91 \eTC \eTR
\bTR \bTC[nc=8] 1982   \eTC \eTR
.
.
.
.
repeated by years
.
.
.
\bTR \bTC[nc=8]    1999   \eTC \eTR
\bTR \bTC   ALL \eTC \bTC  XXXXXXXXXX \eTC \bTC \$362625.2 \eTC \bTC 1775.50
\eTC \bTC \$25247 \eTC \bTC \$10600000 \eTC \bTC 0.269 \eTC \bTC  3.99 \eTC
\eTR
\bTR \bTC   Men \eTC  \bTC   8034 \eTC  \bTC \$419193.3 \eTC  \bTC 2614.59
\eTC \bTC \$25247 \eTC \bTC \$10600000 \eTC \bTC 0.249 \eTC \bTC  3.63 \eTC
\eTR
\bTR \bTC  Women \eTC  \bTC   6101 \eTC \bTC \$288134.4 \eTC \bTC 1861.66
\eTC \bTC \$54000 \eTC \bTC  \$1900000 \eTC \bTC 0.249 \eTC \bTC 3.52 \eTC
\eTR
\eTABLEbody
\bTABLEfoot
\bTR \bTC[nc=8]*\$=New Taiwan Dollars \eTC \eTR
\eTABLEfoot
\eTABLE
}

full file is attached


barney