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Table 429. Student use of computers, by level of enrollment and selected characteristics: 1993, 1997, and 2001

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                                |            October 1993        |            October 1997        |                                       September 2001
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         Student and            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |                    Elementary and secondary\1\       |
            school              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |______________________________________________________|
        characteristics         |          |Elementary|College\2\|          |Elementary|College\2\|          |          |          |          |          |          |
                                |   Total  |   and    |          |    Total |   and    |          |   Total  |  Total   |  Under 6 |  6 to 9  | 10 to 14 | 15 years |College\2\
                                |          |  secon-  |          |          |  secon-  |          |          |          |          |   years  |   years  |  old or  |
                                |          |  dary\1\ |          |          |  dary\1\ |          |          |          |          |    old   |    old   |   over   |
________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
               1                |   2      |    3     |     4    |     5    |     6    |          |    8     |    9     |    10    |   11     |   12     |   13     |   14
________________________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
      Percent of students       |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   using computers at school    |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Total .......................|59.0(0.32)|60.1(0.38)|54.7(0.71)|68.8(0.27)|70.4(0.32)|62.9(0.60)|82.9(0.22)|84.2(0.24)|56.0(0.94)|85.4(0.45)|90.3(0.33)|88.0(0.44)|78.5(0.49)
Sex                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Male .........................|59.4(0.44)|59.9(0.53)|57.4(1.04)|70.1(0.37)|71.0(0.44)|66.3(0.88)|83.2(0.31)|83.9(0.34)|55.8(1.31)|85.2(0.63)|90.0(0.46)|87.9(0.62)|80.2(0.72)
  Female .......................|58.7(0.45)|60.5(0.54)|52.4(0.96)|67.6(0.38)|69.9(0.46)|60.2(0.81)|82.6(0.31)|84.5(0.34)|56.3(1.35)|85.6(0.63)|90.6(0.46)|88.2(0.63)|77.2(0.67)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Race/ethnicity                  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|61.6(0.37)|63.8(0.45)|54.0(0.81)|71.1(0.32)|73.9(0.38)|62.1(0.70)|84.1(0.26)|85.9(0.29)|55.6(1.20)|88.2(0.51)|91.8(0.38)|89.2(0.53)|78.6(0.60)
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........|51.5(0.98)|50.6(0.98)|57.0(2.54)|66.3(0.74)|66.1(0.75)|66.8(1.78)|82.4(0.60)|83.7(0.66)|56.9(2.51)|83.6(1.27)|89.4(0.90)|89.0(1.14)|77.7(1.43)
  Hispanic .....................|52.3(1.50)|52.3(1.16)|52.1(4.06)|61.5(0.89)|61.3(0.69)|62.6(2.38)|78.8(0.72)|78.9(0.78)|57.1(2.58)|77.3(1.49)|85.5(1.14)|83.8(1.49)|78.0(1.79)
  Other ........................|59.0(2.24)|57.7(2.50)|62.7(4.20)|65.3(1.32)|65.6(1.45)|64.6(2.56)|80.8(1.06)|81.2(1.27)|55.8(4.46)|81.9(2.48)|88.6(1.67)|82.5(2.55)|80.0(1.94)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Household income                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Less than $5,000 .............|51.2(1.32)|48.1(1.50)|62.4(2.73)|62.1(1.21)|61.6(1.41)|63.4(2.36)|81.5(2.05)|79.9(2.61)|63.7(8.58)|81.2(4.71)|85.8(3.82)|78.8(5.71)|84.3(3.24)
  $5,000 to $9,999 .............|53.3(1.06)|53.1(1.17)|54.3(2.51)|63.5(1.02)|61.9(1.14)|70.4(2.20)|81.8(1.70)|80.4(1.98)|54.1(7.05)|79.6(3.72)|89.0(2.60)|82.4(4.05)|87.0(3.18)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ...........|56.4(1.03)|56.7(1.13)|55.1(2.50)|66.2(0.96)|66.4(1.06)|65.2(2.26)|81.9(1.43)|82.0(1.61)|53.6(5.87)|82.4(3.04)|88.7(2.14)|86.3(3.17)|81.6(3.11)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ...........|58.1(1.18)|59.4(1.30)|52.3(2.77)|65.9(1.10)|66.5(1.21)|63.2(2.72)|77.9(1.82)|79.1(1.99)|58.0(7.08)|77.3(3.79)|84.5(2.91)|83.5(3.89)|73.1(4.37)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ...........|56.4(1.07)|56.3(1.18)|56.6(2.58)|66.9(0.99)|67.5(1.10)|64.3(2.24)|81.8(1.42)|81.8(1.58)|48.1(5.59)|85.6(2.79)|89.2(2.18)|85.9(2.81)|81.8(3.18)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ...........|60.0(1.13)|61.9(1.25)|52.4(2.61)|68.5(1.01)|70.4(1.11)|61.2(2.37)|81.5(1.48)|81.2(1.68)|51.0(5.79)|83.0(2.98)|88.2(2.35)|86.6(3.11)|82.7(3.14)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ...........|59.1(1.08)|61.3(1.20)|50.5(2.46)|67.6(0.97)|71.0(1.05)|53.9(2.31)|82.1(1.40)|84.1(1.52)|51.1(5.92)|85.4(2.74)|91.3(1.92)|88.8(2.79)|75.2(3.32)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ...........|60.7(1.11)|63.3(1.21)|49.0(2.67)|69.0(0.98)|71.1(1.08)|60.4(2.35)|82.8(1.50)|83.8(1.64)|57.2(5.83)|84.7(2.91)|92.1(2.09)|87.3(3.12)|78.7(3.59)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ...........|59.3(0.94)|60.8(1.04)|53.1(2.12)|70.5(0.79)|72.6(0.85)|60.9(1.99)|83.9(1.06)|86.2(1.10)|56.8(4.50)|87.0(2.01)|94.1(1.24)|88.6(2.16)|74.5(2.83)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ...........|62.6(0.73)|64.9(0.82)|55.0(1.58)|71.7(0.57)|74.2(0.63)|63.2(1.28)|83.9(0.75)|86.2(0.80)|56.7(3.33)|88.1(1.43)|91.5(1.06)|90.4(1.39)|76.2(1.82)
  $75,000 or more ..............|64.6(0.90)|67.0(1.04)|58.2(1.78)|72.1(0.60)|75.1(0.68)|63.9(1.25)|84.8(0.63)|86.8(0.69)|58.2(2.89)|88.9(1.25)|93.3(0.85)|89.3(1.28)|79.1(1.38)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Control of school               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Public .......................|60.2(0.34)|61.6(0.40)|54.0(0.80)|70.2(0.28)|72.1(0.33)|62.3(0.68)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
  Private ......................|52.1(0.85)|49.8(1.10)|57.3(1.52)|60.7(0.73)|58.6(0.96)|65.2(1.27)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Percent of students       |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
    using computers at home     |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Total .......................|27.0(0.28)|24.5(0.33)|36.2(0.65)|45.1(0.29)|42.8(0.34)|53.2(0.62)|68.6(0.27)|65.8(0.31)|54.2(0.94)|62.1(0.61)|69.3(0.51)|70.7(0.62)|77.7(0.50)
Sex                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Male .........................|27.4(0.39)|24.3(0.45)|40.1(0.99)|45.2(0.40)|43.2(0.48)|53.7(0.93)|68.2(0.38)|65.7(0.44)|55.1(1.31)|61.4(0.86)|69.1(0.71)|70.9(0.86)|77.4(0.76)
  Female .......................|26.6(0.39)|24.7(0.47)|33.0(0.87)|44.9(0.40)|42.5(0.49)|52.8(0.83)|69.0(0.38)|65.8(0.45)|53.1(1.36)|62.7(0.87)|69.4(0.72)|70.5(0.89)|77.9(0.67)
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Race/ethnicity                  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|32.8(0.35)|30.8(0.42)|39.2(0.76)|54.9(0.35)|53.9(0.43)|58.2(0.72)|78.5(0.30)|77.2(0.35)|66.6(1.14)|73.9(0.70)|80.3(0.55)|81.4(0.66)|82.3(0.55)
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........|10.9(0.59)| 8.7(0.54)|22.7(2.01)|21.1(0.64)|19.1(0.62)|31.0(1.75)|45.5(0.79)|41.0(0.87)|32.2(2.37)|37.3(1.66)|44.5(1.46)|44.2(1.80)|62.4(1.66)
  Hispanic .....................|10.4(0.90)| 7.9(0.62)|25.0(3.31)|21.1(0.74)|18.3(0.54)|38.8(2.40)|45.7(0.87)|42.2(0.95)|30.8(2.41)|37.8(1.73)|45.9(1.61)|49.1(2.02)|63.5(2.08)
  Other ........................|28.7(2.00)|25.8(2.16)|36.0(3.99)|49.1(1.38)|46.5(1.52)|56.3(2.66)|74.8(1.17)|71.6(1.46)|51.0(4.48)|66.7(3.04)|77.1(2.21)|79.2(2.72)|82.1(1.85)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Household income                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Less than $5,000 .............| 9.7(0.76)| 4.3(0.59)|28.3(2.43)|22.6(1.04)|15.2(1.04)|43.7(2.43)|39.6(2.57)|25.7(2.85)|23.4(7.54)|22.2(5.00)|25.9(4.79)|31.5(6.49)|65.5(4.24)
  $5,000 to $9,999 .............| 8.0(0.56)| 4.2(0.46)|25.0(2.08)|15.8(0.77)| 9.3(0.68)|42.9(2.39)|33.5(2.09)|24.7(2.16)|14.8(5.03)|24.1(3.95)|28.8(3.77)|24.4(4.57)|65.0(4.51)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ...........|11.4(0.64)| 6.7(0.56)|33.4(2.26)|18.4(0.78)|13.6(0.77)|39.7(2.32)|41.8(1.84)|34.9(2.00)|23.4(4.98)|28.2(3.59)|38.2(3.27)|44.7(4.58)|67.1(3.78)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ...........|15.1(0.84)|11.2(0.82)|31.0(2.44)|20.7(0.94)|16.5(0.95)|41.2(2.77)|45.7(2.19)|38.6(2.38)|28.6(6.48)|34.3(4.30)|41.5(3.96)|44.7(5.21)|74.6(4.29)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ...........|16.8(0.79)|13.6(0.80)|31.0(2.27)|30.5(0.97)|26.2(1.04)|47.5(2.34)|48.7(1.84)|43.9(2.04)|32.0(5.22)|43.4(3.94)|48.0(3.51)|45.2(4.02)|68.0(3.85)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ...........|21.1(0.92)|19.1(0.99)|29.0(2.28)|34.6(1.03)|32.0(1.13)|45.0(2.42)|54.6(1.90)|50.7(2.15)|44.8(5.75)|41.7(3.90)|57.5(3.60)|55.5(4.54)|69.6(3.82)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ...........|24.1(0.92)|22.6(1.02)|29.7(2.15)|38.7(1.01)|36.1(1.11)|49.2(2.32)|61.6(1.78)|59.2(2.04)|45.2(5.89)|57.7(3.83)|64.9(3.26)|59.6(4.34)|69.8(3.53)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ...........|27.1(0.99)|24.9(1.08)|36.1(2.44)|44.1(1.06)|42.6(1.17)|50.5(2.40)|67.1(1.87)|64.4(2.13)|52.6(5.88)|62.4(3.91)|71.0(3.53)|64.9(4.48)|77.7(3.65)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ...........|32.2(0.87)|31.6(0.98)|34.4(1.92)|50.6(0.86)|50.4(0.95)|51.7(2.04)|75.2(1.24)|73.6(1.41)|56.6(4.51)|72.3(2.67)|78.2(2.18)|77.2(2.85)|81.6(2.52)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ...........|43.0(0.74)|42.9(0.84)|43.5(1.52)|61.7(0.62)|62.2(0.70)|59.9(1.30)|81.3(0.79)|80.4(0.92)|68.6(3.12)|76.8(1.87)|83.5(1.41)|85.5(1.66)|84.5(1.55)
  $75,000 or more ..............|56.1(0.92)|58.1(1.08)|50.9(1.74)|74.2(0.59)|77.2(0.66)|65.8(1.23)|88.9(0.55)|89.2(0.64)|78.2(2.42)|87.1(1.34)|92.0(0.92)|92.9(1.06)|87.9(1.11)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Control of school               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Public .......................|25.3(0.29)|23.0(0.34)|34.5(0.73)|43.2(0.31)|40.9(0.37)|52.4(0.70)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
  Private ......................|37.4(0.80)|35.0(1.03)|42.5(1.45)|56.1(0.75)|56.1(0.97)|56.1(1.32)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Percent of students using com-  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
puters at home for school work  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
   Total .......................|14.8(0.22)|12.0(0.25)|25.0(0.59)|28.6(0.26)|24.8(0.30)|42.5(0.61)|50.7(0.29)|45.0(0.33)| 9.3(0.55)|26.6(0.56)|57.9(0.54)|64.9(0.65)|69.4(0.55)
Sex                             |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Male .........................|14.7(0.31)|11.4(0.34)|28.2(0.91)|28.3(0.37)|24.7(0.42)|43.3(0.92)|49.2(0.41)|44.3(0.46)| 9.6(0.77)|25.7(0.77)|57.0(0.76)|64.5(0.91)|68.1(0.84)
  Female .......................|14.8(0.32)|12.5(0.36)|22.4(0.77)|28.9(0.37)|24.9(0.43)|41.9(0.82)|52.1(0.41)|45.7(0.47)| 8.9(0.78)|27.6(0.81)|58.8(0.77)|65.4(0.93)|70.4(0.73)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Race                            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic ..........|18.0(0.29)|15.1(0.33)|27.4(0.70)|35.0(0.34)|31.3(0.40)|47.0(0.72)|57.8(0.36)|52.5(0.42)| 9.5(0.71)|30.3(0.73)|68.1(0.64)|75.8(0.73)|73.7(0.64)
  Black, non-Hispanic ..........| 5.7(0.44)| 4.3(0.39)|13.4(1.64)|12.5(0.51)|10.4(0.48)|22.8(1.59)|34.6(0.75)|28.8(0.81)|11.2(1.60)|20.5(1.38)|34.9(1.40)|37.9(1.76)|56.1(1.70)
  Hispanic .....................| 5.6(0.68)| 3.6(0.42)|17.8(2.92)|12.5(0.60)| 9.8(0.42)|29.2(2.24)|32.9(0.82)|28.3(0.86)| 5.4(1.18)|17.3(1.35)|36.8(1.55)|42.6(2.00)|56.7(2.14)
  Other ........................|15.8(1.61)|12.4(1.63)|24.5(3.57)|33.6(1.31)|29.3(1.39)|45.3(2.67)|57.5(1.33)|51.0(1.62)|13.3(3.05)|28.9(2.92)|63.9(2.52)|74.9(2.91)|71.9(2.17)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Household income                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Less than $5,000 .............| 6.6(0.64)| 2.4(0.45)|21.1(2.20)|15.1(0.89)| 8.0(0.79)|35.5(2.35)|32.3(2.46)|17.2(2.46)| 5.0(3.87)| 9.1(3.47)|21.7(4.51)|28.4(6.30)|60.5(4.36)
  $5,000 to $9,999 .............| 4.7(0.44)| 1.5(0.28)|18.8(1.88)|10.4(0.65)| 4.2(0.47)|36.5(2.32)|26.3(1.95)|16.0(1.83)| 2.8(2.32)|10.4(2.82)|23.1(3.51)|19.1(4.18)|63.4(4.55)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ...........| 7.2(0.52)| 3.0(0.38)|27.1(2.14)|11.4(0.64)| 6.7(0.56)|32.4(2.22)|31.5(1.73)|23.2(1.77)| 3.3(2.09)|10.2(2.41)|29.9(3.09)|40.0(4.51)|61.9(3.90)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ...........| 8.5(0.65)| 5.6(0.60)|20.5(2.12)|13.2(0.79)| 8.5(0.72)|36.0(2.70)|31.9(2.05)|23.7(2.08)| 3.0(2.43)|12.1(2.95)|31.7(3.74)|36.5(5.05)|65.5(4.69)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ...........| 9.7(0.62)| 6.3(0.57)|24.5(2.11)|19.4(0.83)|15.0(0.84)|37.1(2.26)|34.7(1.75)|27.9(1.84)| 5.3(2.50)|15.6(2.88)|37.6(3.40)|39.7(3.95)|62.2(4.00)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ...........|10.3(0.69)| 7.5(0.66)|21.4(2.06)|21.9(0.90)|18.4(0.94)|35.7(2.33)|38.0(1.85)|31.1(1.99)| 6.0(2.75)|14.5(2.79)|43.6(3.61)|49.2(4.57)|64.0(3.99)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ...........|12.9(0.72)|10.8(0.75)|20.8(1.91)|24.4(0.89)|20.3(0.93)|40.5(2.28)|43.3(1.81)|37.9(2.01)| 6.5(2.91)|18.5(3.01)|52.9(3.41)|55.5(4.40)|61.9(3.73)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ...........|15.2(0.80)|12.9(0.83)|24.6(2.20)|26.5(0.94)|22.8(0.99)|41.7(2.37)|46.5(1.98)|40.8(2.19)| 5.8(2.75)|28.0(3.63)|57.5(3.84)|55.9(4.66)|68.8(4.06)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ...........|17.1(0.70)|15.4(0.76)|23.3(1.71)|30.1(0.79)|28.3(0.86)|38.5(1.99)|54.1(1.43)|49.7(1.60)|11.2(2.87)|31.2(2.77)|64.9(2.53)|70.2(3.10)|71.8(2.93)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ...........|23.1(0.63)|21.4(0.70)|28.7(1.38)|39.3(0.62)|36.7(0.70)|48.2(1.32)|59.8(1.00)|55.9(1.15)|12.1(2.20)|33.2(2.08)|72.0(1.71)|78.8(1.93)|73.3(1.89)
  $75,000 or more ..............|30.2(0.85)|29.5(1.00)|32.0(1.63)|48.3(0.67)|47.3(0.78)|51.3(1.30)|67.5(0.82)|63.5(0.99)|10.9(1.83)|39.4(1.95)|82.0(1.30)|88.3(1.33)|78.4(1.40)
                                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Control of school               |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Public .......................|14.1(0.24)|11.7(0.26)|24.1(0.66)|27.9(0.28)|24.5(0.32)|41.9(0.69)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
  Private ......................|18.5(0.65)|13.8(0.75)|28.5(1.33)|32.6(0.70)|26.9(0.87)|44.6(1.32)| ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---) | ---(---)
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---Not available.

\1\Includes students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12, ages 3 and above.
\2\Includes students enrolled at the undergraduate and postbaccalaureate levels.

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 1993, October 1997, and September 2001, unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 2003.)


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