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Table 423. Percent of workers, 18 years old and over, using computers on the job, by selected characteristics and computer activities: October 1993 and October 1997
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                                     |Percent|                                                   1997
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                                     |compu- |          |  Number   |Percent of on-the-job computer workers using specific computer applications\1\
                                     | ters  |Percent   |   using   |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
      Selected characteristics       |  at   |using     | computers |Analysis/|Bookkeeping, | Communi- |Calendar/|      |  Desktop  |Program-|Sales and| Word- | Using 4
                                     | work, |computers |at work, in| spread- | invoicing,  |cations\2\|schedule | Data |publishing/|  ming  |telemar- |proces-| or more
                                     | 1993  |at work   | thousands | sheets  |and inventory|          |         |bases | graphics  |        | keting  | sing  |categories
_____________________________________|_______|__________|___________|_________|_____________|__________|_________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________
                  1                  |   2   |  3       |     4     |    5    |      6      |    7     |    8    |  9   |    10     |   11   |   12    |  13   |    14
_____________________________________|_______|__________|___________|_________|_____________|__________|_________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________
Total ...............................|  45.8 |49.8 (0.2)|    63,885 |    40.9 |        66.4 |     47.0 |    37.5 | 34.1 |      26.1 |   15.0 |    22.1 |  57.0 |     44.0
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                 Age                 |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
18 to 24 ............................|  34.4 |37.1 (0.7)|     6,007 |    28.2 |        70.3 |     35.3 |    28.0 | 23.4 |      18.4 |   11.0 |    23.5 |  43.1 |     30.5
25 to 29 ............................|  48.3 |52.5 (0.7)|     7,984 |    41.7 |        69.8 |     46.6 |    38.3 | 35.0 |      25.8 |   16.3 |    23.4 |  58.3 |     45.7
30 to 39 ............................|  50.7 |53.3 (0.5)|    18,864 |    44.0 |        67.0 |     49.1 |    39.6 | 35.4 |      28.3 |   16.7 |    24.0 |  58.5 |     46.8
40 to 49 ............................|  51.3 |54.9 (0.5)|    18,182 |    43.6 |        65.8 |     48.6 |    39.5 | 36.9 |      27.1 |   15.7 |    20.6 |  58.9 |     46.4
50 to 59 ............................|  43.9 |50.7 (0.6)|    10,092 |    39.1 |        62.8 |     49.0 |    37.2 | 33.5 |      26.1 |   13.5 |    19.6 |  58.8 |     43.1
60 or older .........................|  27.2 |32.6 (0.9)|     2,755 |    33.5 |        62.1 |     42.2 |    29.4 | 28.8 |      21.6 |   10.0 |    21.3 |  54.1 |     35.9
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   Educational attainment and sex    |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
Not high school graduate ............|  10.0 |11.9 (0.5)|     1,645 |    18.6 |        68.9 |     23.4 |    22.1 | 17.3 |      10.7 |    8.7 |    19.7 |  30.7 |     20.2
High school graduate ................|  34.2 |36.4 (0.4)|    15,395 |    28.7 |        72.0 |     34.1 |    29.0 | 23.1 |      16.6 |   10.1 |    21.0 |  41.5 |     30.7
Some college ........................|  50.4 |53.6 (0.5)|    14,172 |    36.5 |        71.6 |     42.6 |    36.0 | 31.3 |      24.1 |   13.7 |    24.0 |  52.7 |     40.6
Associate degree ....................|  58.2 |60.7 (0.8)|     6,580 |    38.9 |        69.8 |     43.7 |    36.0 | 33.0 |      25.5 |   15.1 |    19.7 |  52.7 |     41.2
Bachelor's degree ...................|  68.8 |73.9 (0.5)|    17,335 |    52.7 |        63.9 |     57.1 |    44.0 | 43.1 |      32.4 |   18.9 |    25.8 |  67.6 |     55.3
Master's degree .....................|  71.2 |78.7 (0.8)|     6,004 |    53.8 |        51.7 |     63.4 |    48.1 | 45.8 |      39.7 |   20.8 |    18.4 |  80.1 |     59.8
Doctor's or professional degree .....|  66.9 |74.6 (1.2)|     2,754 |    46.6 |        47.5 |     64.9 |    42.0 | 39.0 |      30.3 |   16.2 |    10.5 |  75.2 |     50.2
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Male ................................|  40.3 |44.1 (0.3)|    30,336 |    46.5 |        64.3 |     51.4 |    39.2 | 36.8 |      29.4 |   20.0 |    24.6 |  53.9 |     47.2
  Not high school graduate ..........|   8.5 | 9.8 (0.5)|       854 |    20.9 |        70.1 |     25.6 |    22.6 | 15.6 |      11.8 |    9.3 |    17.8 |  26.1 |     20.6
  High school graduate ..............|  24.2 |27.1 (0.5)|     6,096 |    29.5 |        67.4 |     33.1 |    25.3 | 22.9 |      17.8 |   11.8 |    20.5 |  29.4 |     27.7
  Some college ......................|  42.8 |46.0 (0.7)|     6,188 |    39.3 |        69.4 |     44.4 |    35.5 | 31.3 |      27.0 |   19.6 |    27.1 |  46.4 |     41.4
  Associate degree ..................|  52.6 |55.2 (1.2)|     2,790 |    42.8 |        64.2 |     45.5 |    34.9 | 34.9 |      28.7 |   20.4 |    20.6 |  45.3 |     41.8
  Bachelor's degree .................|  69.8 |74.3 (0.7)|     9,258 |    60.0 |        64.0 |     62.1 |    47.4 | 46.9 |      35.7 |   24.1 |    30.5 |  66.6 |     60.0
  Master's degree ...................|  75.4 |79.8 (1.1)|     3,201 |    63.3 |        56.6 |     70.6 |    54.6 | 50.8 |      41.9 |   27.8 |    23.8 |  80.5 |     67.4
  Doctor's or professional degree ...|  66.5 |73.4 (1.4)|     1,949 |    47.9 |        50.3 |     67.3 |    43.7 | 38.6 |      31.9 |   18.2 |    11.6 |  74.6 |     52.0
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Female ..............................|  52.4 |56.5 (0.3)|    33,549 |    35.8 |        68.3 |     43.1 |    36.0 | 31.6 |      23.1 |   10.5 |    19.9 |  59.8 |     41.0
  Not high school graduate ..........|  12.5 |15.4 (0.8)|       791 |    16.0 |        67.7 |     20.9 |    21.6 | 19.1 |       9.4 |    8.0 |    21.7 |  35.6 |     19.8
  High school graduate ..............|  45.2 |46.9 (0.6)|     9,299 |    28.3 |        75.0 |     34.7 |    31.5 | 23.3 |      15.9 |    8.9 |    21.4 |  49.4 |     32.6
  Some college ......................|  58.6 |61.5 (0.7)|     7,984 |    34.4 |        73.2 |     41.1 |    36.4 | 31.3 |      21.8 |    9.1 |    21.7 |  57.5 |     40.1
  Associate degree ..................|  63.7 |65.4 (1.0)|     3,790 |    36.0 |        73.9 |     42.4 |    36.8 | 31.7 |      23.2 |   11.2 |    19.0 |  58.1 |     40.7
  Bachelor's degree .................|  67.6 |73.5 (0.7)|     8,077 |    44.4 |        63.8 |     51.4 |    40.1 | 38.8 |      28.7 |   12.9 |    20.4 |  68.8 |     50.0
  Master's degree ...................|  66.5 |77.5 (1.1)|     2,804 |    43.0 |        46.0 |     55.2 |    40.7 | 40.1 |      37.3 |   12.8 |    12.2 |  79.7 |     51.0
  Doctor's or professional degree ...|  68.2 |77.6 (2.1)|       805 |    43.7 |        41.0 |     59.1 |    37.8 | 39.9 |      26.4 |   11.4 |     7.9 |  76.8 |     45.9
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           Race/ethnicity            |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
White, non-Hispanic .................|  48.7 |53.8 (0.3)|    51,904 |    42.1 |        67.1 |     47.7 |    38.0 | 34.9 |      27.1 |   15.2 |    23.2 |  57.9 |     45.3
Black, non-Hispanic .................|  36.2 |40.0 (0.7)|     5,462 |    33.1 |        64.3 |     43.7 |    36.1 | 29.6 |      21.2 |   14.1 |    17.1 |  52.0 |     37.2
Hispanic ............................|  29.3 |30.2 (0.8)|     3,843 |    32.2 |        67.0 |     40.5 |    33.7 | 27.0 |      20.2 |   10.6 |    19.0 |  50.0 |     35.1
Other ...............................|  43.9 |49.2 (1.3)|     2,675 |    45.8 |        57.4 |     49.5 |    35.8 | 37.8 |      25.0 |   19.3 |    16.2 |  59.4 |     44.7
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         Occupational group          |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
Managerial and professional specialty|  67.7 |74.6 (0.4)|    28,427 |    52.4 |        61.0 |     58.6 |    45.2 | 42.6 |      36.3 |   19.1 |    20.6 |  71.7 |     56.0
  Executive, administrative,         |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
    and managerial ..................|  72.3 |77.5 (0.5)|    14,528 |    60.1 |        76.3 |     61.4 |    49.7 | 47.2 |      32.6 |   17.6 |    30.9 |  74.5 |     63.7
  Professional specialty occupations |  68.3 |71.7 (0.6)|    13,900 |    44.4 |        45.1 |     55.8 |    40.4 | 37.8 |      40.3 |   20.8 |     9.8 |  68.7 |     47.8
    Teachers, except college         |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
      and university ................|  49.1 |60.3 (1.2)|     2,961 |    33.1 |        31.9 |     39.7 |    38.4 | 27.5 |      42.3 |   10.8 |     4.6 |  73.6 |     39.8
    Teachers, college and university |  72.5 |79.9 (2.2)|       759 |    51.5 |        27.1 |     74.6 |    37.3 | 40.2 |      41.3 |   23.9 |     5.4 |  83.5 |     48.9
Technical, sales, and administrative |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
  support ...........................|  65.5 |79.1 (0.4)|    25,739 |    35.1 |        74.6 |     41.8 |    33.9 | 30.4 |      19.4 |   11.9 |    28.1 |  52.1 |     39.5
  Technicians and related support ...|  69.9 |75.1 (1.1)|     3,226 |    42.9 |        51.8 |     49.4 |    35.5 | 36.9 |      26.1 |   31.2 |     7.7 |  49.6 |     41.4
  Sales occupations .................|  48.8 |54.8 (0.7)|     8,277 |    38.4 |        83.0 |     43.0 |    34.3 | 31.3 |      21.0 |   10.5 |    57.2 |  46.1 |     44.8
  Administrative support, including  |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
    clerical ........................|  76.7 |77.6 (0.5)|    14,235 |    31.4 |        75.0 |     39.4 |    33.3 | 28.3 |      17.0 |    8.3 |    15.9 |  56.2 |     36.0
Service occupations .................|  14.7 |16.4 (0.5)|     2,752 |    15.7 |        52.3 |     27.6 |    27.9 | 17.4 |       9.6 |    6.6 |    11.0 |  34.4 |     17.9
Precision production, craft,         |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
  and repair ........................|  23.2 |25.0 (0.6)|     3,501 |    29.6 |        62.8 |     31.6 |    27.0 | 22.5 |      18.2 |   16.3 |    11.1 |  29.0 |     26.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers |  14.9 |17.3 (0.5)|     3,154 |    19.1 |        63.1 |     21.3 |    19.0 | 14.6 |      12.6 |    9.7 |     9.2 |  17.4 |     15.4
Farming, forestry, and fishing ......|   8.5 | 9.3 (0.9)|       311 |    40.2 |        79.3 |     22.8 |    27.3 | 33.0 |      11.2 |   10.2 |    19.1 |  33.7 |     33.0
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          Family income\3\           |       |          |           |         |             |          |         |      |           |        |         |       |
Less than $20,000 ...................|  25.1 |26.7 (0.5)|     5,915 |    27.6 |        67.8 |     34.0 |    28.7 | 24.0 |      19.4 |   11.7 |    22.2 |  44.9 |     31.4
$20,000 to $29,999 ..................|  38.4 |38.4 (0.6)|     7,310 |    30.3 |        69.4 |     36.9 |    30.2 | 26.1 |      21.8 |   10.5 |    20.0 |  48.0 |     34.3
$30,000 to $39,999 ..................|  45.7 |45.8 (0.6)|     8,915 |    35.7 |        67.4 |     42.2 |    33.7 | 29.4 |      23.8 |   12.8 |    20.8 |  50.8 |     38.0
$40,000 to $49,999 ..................|  51.9 |52.3 (0.7)|     7,737 |    40.0 |        69.0 |     43.6 |    36.9 | 31.8 |      25.4 |   15.0 |    21.0 |  53.8 |     42.5
$50,000 to $74,999 ..................|  60.6 |59.9 (0.5)|    16,966 |    42.7 |        65.8 |     48.6 |    38.9 | 36.1 |      27.2 |   16.5 |    20.6 |  58.4 |     45.5
$75,000 or more .....................|  65.9 |69.7 (0.5)|    17,042 |    51.4 |        63.6 |     58.4 |    44.6 | 42.3 |      30.6 |   17.8 |    25.7 |  68.4 |     54.7
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\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.
\2\Includes bulletin boards and electronic mail.
\3\Excludes persons whose income data were not available.

NOTE: Data are based on a sample survey of households and are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1997, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1998.)


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