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Table 428. Percent of student home computer users using specific applications, by selected characteristics: September 2001

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                         |   Number    |  Number     |  Percent |         Percent of home computer users using specific applications\1\
                         |     of      |of students  |  using   |________________________________________________________________________________________
        Selected         |  students,  |  using      | computer |          |          |  School  |          |  Word    |  Graphics |  Spread- |
     characteristic      |     in      |computers    |  at home |   Games  | Internet | assign-  |    E-mail| proces-  |    and    |  sheets  |Personal
                         |  thousands  |at home, in  |          |          |          |  ments   |          |  sing    |   design  |    and   |finances
                         |             | thousands   |          |          |          |          |          |          |           | databases|
_________________________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
            1            |      2      |     3       |     4    |     5    |     6    |    7     |     8    |    9     |    10     |    11    |    12
_________________________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
Total, all students .....|70,304(334.9)|48,198(297.7)|68.6(0.27)|83.3(0.26)|74.6(0.31)|73.9(0.31)|61.0(0.34)|56.6(0.35)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
                         |_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________  Elementary/secondary...|53,864(309.3)|35,429(264.8)|65.8(0.31)|90.9(0.24)|68.6(0.38)|68.4(0.38)|51.5(0.41)|48.7(0.41)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Under age 5 ........ | 6,616(123.3)| 3,584 (91.4)|54.2(0.94)|94.9(0.57)|31.0(1.19)|17.1(0.97)|11.4(0.82)|11.7(0.83)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 5 to 9 .........|14,821(180.8)| 9,197(144.4)|62.1(0.61)|95.3(0.34)|51.5(0.80)|42.9(0.79)|26.9(0.71)|25.6(0.70)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 10 to 14 .......|19,633(205.6)|13,602(173.7)|69.3(0.51)|92.2(0.35)|77.5(0.55)|83.5(0.49)|59.7(0.65)|59.1(0.65)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    15 years old or over |12,794(168.8)| 9,047(143.3)|70.7(0.62)|82.9(0.61)|87.5(0.54)|91.8(0.44)|80.2(0.65)|71.0(0.73)|32.7 (0.76)|23.8(0.69)| 4.2(0.32)
      White, non-Hispanic| 8,222(136.9)| 6,696(124.0)|81.4(0.66)|83.1(0.70)|90.3(0.56)|93.1(0.48)|83.9(0.69)|72.6(0.84)|33.2 (0.89)|24.5(0.81)| 4.1(0.38)
      Black, non-Hispanic| 2,035 (70.9)|   900 (48.3)|44.2(1.80)|87.9(1.78)|78.4(2.25)|85.7(1.91)|66.2(2.58)|65.3(2.60)|29.4 (2.49)|19.3(2.15)| 4.1(1.08)
      Hispanic ..........| 1,860 (72.4)|   913 (51.8)|49.1(2.02)|79.6(2.33)|75.7(2.48)|86.8(1.96)|67.3(2.71)|64.5(2.77)|31.4 (2.68)|23.3(2.44)| 4.4(1.19)
      Asian/Pacific      |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
        Islander ........|   557 (40.8)|   466 (37.3)|83.6(2.74)|75.9(3.46)|89.2(2.51)|95.5(1.68)|80.4(3.21)|72.2(3.63)|36.5 (3.90)|23.2(3.42)| 3.4(1.47)
      American Indian/   |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
        Alaska Native ...|   120 (19.1)|    71 (14.7)|59.0(7.84)|82.6(7.87)|71.0(9.42)|88.5(6.62)|68.0(9.68)|65.4(9.87)|23.4 (8.78)|20.9(8.44)|10.0(6.22)
  Undergraduate .........|13,291(171.9)|10,047(150.6)|75.6(0.57)|67.0(0.72)|90.3(0.45)|89.7(0.47)|86.0(0.53)|76.9(0.65)|33.7 (0.73)|37.2(0.74)|17.7(0.59)
    White, non-Hispanic .| 9,010(143.0)| 7,272(129.0)|80.7(0.64)|66.8(0.85)|92.3(0.48)|90.0(0.54)|88.4(0.58)|77.3(0.76)|34.2 (0.86)|36.9(0.87)|18.3(0.70)
    Black, non-Hispanic .| 1,901 (68.7)| 1,099 (53.1)|57.8(1.85)|70.7(2.25)|84.1(1.81)|89.2(1.53)|78.2(2.04)|76.8(2.08)|33.6 (2.33)|41.9(2.44)|18.7(1.93)
    Hispanic ............| 1,450 (64.5)|   900 (51.4)|62.0(2.23)|66.2(2.75)|82.2(2.23)|89.4(1.79)|75.1(2.52)|75.0(2.52)|33.4 (2.75)|35.7(2.79)|15.5(2.11)
      Asian/Pacific      |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
        Islander ........|   837 (49.6)|   708 (45.8)|84.6(2.18)|62.8(3.17)|91.1(1.87)|88.2(2.12)|87.9(2.14)|75.0(2.84)|29.3 (2.99)|35.2(3.14)|12.3(2.16)
      American Indian/   |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
        Alaska Native ...|    93 (16.8)|    69 (14.4)|73.6(7.98)|78.4(8.68)|78.9(8.61)|92.2(5.65)|76.1(8.99)|81.8(8.14)|35.9(10.12)|33.7(9.97)|10.4(6.45)
  Graduate ..............| 3,149 (83.9)| 2,722 (79.8)|86.4(1.06)|44.1(1.65)|94.5(0.76)|87.9(1.08)|92.0(0.90)|85.0(1.19)|35.7 (1.59)|50.2(1.66)|35.5(1.59)
                         |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Males ...................|34,800(262.9)|23,718(223.6)|68.2(0.38)|87.4(0.33)|74.7(0.43)|72.3(0.45)|58.7(0.49)|53.2(0.50)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
  Elementary/secondary...|27,548(238.6)|18,102(198.2)|65.7(0.44)|92.7(0.30)|69.1(0.53)|67.4(0.54)|49.6(0.57)|46.0(0.57)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Under age 5 ........ | 3,422 (89.3)| 1,887 (66.6)|55.1(1.31)|95.7(0.72)|30.9(1.64)|17.4(1.34)|10.5(1.09)|11.9(1.15)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 5 to 9 .........| 7,556(131.4)| 4,643(103.7)|61.4(0.86)|95.3(0.48)|52.1(1.13)|41.8(1.11)|24.9(0.98)|22.9(0.95)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 10 to 14 .......|10,006(150.3)| 6,919(126.0)|69.1(0.71)|93.7(0.45)|77.9(0.77)|82.4(0.70)|56.8(0.92)|55.4(0.92)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    15 years old or over | 6,563(122.8)| 4,653(103.9)|70.9(0.86)|87.6(0.74)|88.6(0.72)|91.0(0.65)|79.4(0.91)|69.0(1.04)|32.4 (1.06)|24.6(0.97)| 3.8(0.43)
  Undergraduate .........| 5,954(117.1)| 4,528(102.5)|76.0(0.85)|74.8(0.99)|92.2(0.61)|88.4(0.73)|87.1(0.77)|75.2(0.99)|34.4 (1.09)|39.3(1.12)|17.8(0.88)
  Graduate ..............| 1,299 (55.3)| 1,088 (50.6)|83.8(1.57)|50.3(2.33)|93.9(1.11)|85.9(1.63)|92.3(1.24)|80.4(1.85)|36.6 (2.25)|52.7(2.33)|38.9(2.28)
                         |             |             |          |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Females .................|35,504(265.0)|24,481(226.7)|69.0(0.38)|79.3(0.40)|74.5(0.43)|75.6(0.42)|63.2(0.47)|59.9(0.48)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
  Elementary/secondary...|26,316(233.9)|17,327(194.3)|65.8(0.45)|89.0(0.37)|68.1(0.55)|69.4(0.54)|53.5(0.58)|51.4(0.58)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Under age 5 ........ | 3,194 (86.3)| 1,697 (63.1)|53.1(1.36)|94.0(0.89)|31.1(1.73)|16.8(1.40)|12.4(1.23)|11.5(1.19)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 5 to 9 .........| 7,265(129.0)| 4,554(102.8)|62.7(0.87)|95.3(0.48)|51.0(1.14)|44.0(1.13)|28.9(1.03)|28.3(1.03)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    Ages 10 to 14 .......| 9,627(147.6)| 6,683(123.9)|69.4(0.72)|90.7(0.55)|77.2(0.79)|84.7(0.68)|62.7(0.91)|63.0(0.91)| --- (---) | --- (---)| --- (---)
    15 years old or over | 6,231(119.7)| 4,394(101.0)|70.5(0.89)|77.8(0.96)|86.3(0.80)|92.7(0.60)|81.0(0.91)|73.2(1.03)|33.0 (1.09)|22.9(0.98)| 4.5(0.48)
  Undergraduate .........| 7,337(129.6)| 5,520(112.9)|75.2(0.78)|60.6(1.01)|88.7(0.66)|90.9(0.60)|85.1(0.74)|78.3(0.85)|33.1 (0.98)|35.5(0.99)|17.5(0.79)
  Graduate ..............| 1,851 (65.9)| 1,634 (62.0)|88.3(1.15)|40.0(1.86)|94.9(0.84)|89.2(1.18)|91.9(1.04)|88.0(1.24)|35.1 (1.82)|48.6(1.90)|33.2(1.79)
_________________________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________

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\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.

NOTE: Includes students in both public and private schools and colleges. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, September 2001, unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 2003.)


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