Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Table Lines Spacing and Column Lines

[workerbee]

Hi Community!

I've searched the forum for any answers to this but haven't found one. Is there a way to add additional space in specific rows without interrupting column lines?

For instance, the attached images that show what I would like (the first attachment using a table in Word with additional space before and after the horizontal lines with continuous column lines) and what I keep getting (the second attachment).

Coding-wise, I'm using this (with booktabs package):

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\begin{tabular}[t]{ l c | c c | c c }
\toprule
& & Not & & & Odds \\
& n & dependent & Dependent & Prop & (Prop$/$(1-Prop)) \\
\midrule
Female & 4573 & 4317 & 256 & 0.056 & 0.059 \\
Male & 4603 & 3904 & 699 & 0.152 & 0.179 \\
\midrule
Total & 9176 & 8221 & 955 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

[localghost]

The booktabs package aims to typeset good looking tables without any vertical lines. So it is not the right tool here. Try the quite new tabu package. It offers mechanisms to get the desired result.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tabu,multirow}

\setlength{\extrarowsep}{2pt}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{lc|cc|cc}\hline
    & \multirow{2}{*}[3pt]{n} & Not & \multirow{2}{*}[3pt]{Dependent} & \multirow{2}{*}[3pt]{Prop} & Odds \\[-6pt]
    & & dependent & & & (Prop$/$(1-Prop)) \\ \hline
    Female & 4573 & 4317 & 256 & 0.056 & 0.059 \\
    Male   & 4603 & 3904 & 699 & 0.152 & 0.179 \\ \hline
    Total  & 9176 & 8221 & 955 \\ \hline
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

The multirow package helps to align some single row entries with respect to multiple row entries.


Thorsten