Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 31, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1993, unpublished data.
More than two-thirds of all elementary school children used computers at school in October 1993. The computer usage rate was 58 percent for high school students and 55 percent for undergraduate students.
Sizable percentages of students used computers at home, although fewer actually used them for schoolwork. About 25 percent of elementary school children used computers at home and about 11 percent used them for schoolwork. Students at the high school and undergraduate levels were about twice as likely as the elementary school children to use computers at home for schoolwork, although they were less likely to use computers at school. Students in higher income families were more likely to use computers at home and to use them for schoolwork than students from lower income families. High school students in the highest household income group were about 10 times more likely to use home computers for schoolwork than those in households with incomes under $15,000.
