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Table 416.Percent of workers, 18 years old and over, using computers on the job, by selected characteristics and computer activities: October 1993

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                                     |         |  Number   |Percent of on-the-job computer workers using specific computer applications\1\
                                     | Percent |   using   |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Selected characteristics       |  using  | computers |Analysis/|Bookkeeping, | Communi- |      |      |  Desktop  |Educa-|Program-|Sales and| Word- | Using 4
                                     |computers|at work, in| spread- | invoicing,  |cations\2\|CAD\3\| Data |publishing/| tion |  ming  |telemar- |proces-| or more
                                     | 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 |    51,106 |    36.1 |        45.0 |     38.7 |  7.6 | 34.5 |      22.3 | 15.7 |   13.1 |    16.2 |  44.4 |     40.7
                                     |---------|-----------|---------|-------------|----------|------|------|-----------|------|--------|---------|-------|----------
                 Age                 |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
18 to 24 ............................|    34.4 |     4,965 |    25.0 |        45.3 |     27.1 |  6.0 | 27.1 |      15.9 | 10.4 |   11.2 |    19.9 |  34.7 |     29.8
25 to 29 ............................|    48.3 |     8,424 |    37.2 |        45.2 |     38.7 |  7.7 | 35.0 |      22.8 | 14.3 |   13.9 |    17.0 |  45.7 |     41.8
30 to 39 ............................|    50.7 |    14,969 |    38.8 |        45.4 |     40.4 |  8.7 | 36.0 |      25.0 | 15.8 |   14.9 |    16.4 |  45.0 |     42.9
40 to 49 ............................|    51.3 |    13,854 |    38.6 |        45.1 |     42.0 |  7.9 | 36.8 |      23.4 | 18.5 |   12.9 |    14.5 |  47.5 |     43.4
50 to 59 ............................|    43.9 |     6,881 |    34.5 |        44.3 |     38.8 |  6.4 | 33.3 |      20.4 | 15.8 |   11.2 |    15.0 |  43.9 |     39.2
60 or older .........................|    27.2 |     2,014 |    28.0 |        42.7 |     31.6 |  4.5 | 27.4 |      15.0 | 14.0 |    9.3 |    16.9 |  40.0 |     33.9
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
   Educational attainment and sex    |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
Not high school graduate ............|    10.0 |     1,190 |    19.1 |        54.4 |     20.4 |  3.8 | 22.2 |       9.9 |  9.6 |    8.8 |    20.6 |  16.0 |     21.8
High school graduate ................|    34.2 |    13,307 |    23.7 |        52.5 |     29.4 |  4.4 | 25.8 |      13.3 |  9.5 |    8.9 |    17.6 |  30.8 |     29.9
Some college ........................|    50.4 |    11,548 |    33.5 |        49.5 |     38.5 |  7.3 | 33.9 |      20.6 | 13.0 |   11.3 |    18.0 |  40.9 |     40.0
Associate degree ....................|    58.2 |     5,274 |    37.5 |        47.0 |     39.7 |  7.9 | 34.7 |      21.7 | 13.8 |   14.2 |    14.9 |  41.6 |     40.7
Bachelor's degree ...................|    68.8 |    13,162 |    46.9 |        40.0 |     45.1 | 10.4 | 41.5 |      28.8 | 19.4 |   16.7 |    17.0 |  54.8 |     49.2
Master's degree .....................|    71.2 |     4,628 |    47.9 |        29.3 |     48.5 | 10.0 | 41.9 |      35.3 | 31.0 |   18.1 |    10.4 |  63.8 |     52.1
Doctor's or professional degree .....|    66.9 |     1,999 |    42.8 |        27.9 |     45.9 |  7.6 | 39.2 |      28.3 | 21.3 |   15.2 |     5.2 |  66.5 |     46.2
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
Male ................................|    40.3 |    24,414 |    41.1 |        45.2 |     39.4 | 11.1 | 35.2 |      25.3 | 14.8 |   17.0 |    18.1 |  40.7 |     43.0
  Not high school graduate ..........|     8.5 |       642 |    20.2 |        56.0 |     20.9 |  5.6 | 19.8 |      10.9 |  9.1 |    9.6 |    16.2 |  12.2 |     21.1
  High school graduate ..............|    24.2 |     4,942 |    23.4 |        52.0 |     24.6 |  7.2 | 19.6 |      12.9 |  7.7 |    9.6 |    17.7 |  17.3 |     25.4
  Some college ......................|    42.8 |     5,086 |    35.8 |        50.4 |     37.1 | 10.4 | 33.4 |      22.0 | 12.8 |   15.6 |    20.9 |  32.1 |     40.0
  Associate degree ..................|    52.6 |     2,358 |    41.8 |        46.8 |     39.3 | 13.3 | 36.0 |      26.2 | 14.7 |   19.1 |    16.8 |  36.6 |     41.9
  Bachelor's degree .................|    69.8 |     7,324 |    52.3 |        42.6 |     47.1 | 13.8 | 43.4 |      31.6 | 16.6 |   21.0 |    20.9 |  53.8 |     53.2
  Master's degree ...................|    75.4 |     2,601 |    56.0 |        34.1 |     51.7 | 13.0 | 46.8 |      37.8 | 25.2 |   22.5 |    13.8 |  63.3 |     57.2
  Doctor's or professional degree ...|    66.5 |     1,461 |    45.0 |        29.2 |     46.0 |  8.6 | 38.7 |      29.9 | 20.9 |   17.9 |     5.2 |  63.7 |     47.9
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
Female ..............................|    52.4 |    26,692 |    31.6 |        44.8 |     38.1 |  4.4 | 33.8 |      19.6 | 16.5 |    9.5 |    14.5 |  47.8 |     38.6
  Not high school graduate ..........|    12.5 |       547 |    17.8 |        52.5 |     19.9 |  1.7 | 25.1 |       8.7 | 10.3 |    7.9 |    25.8 |  20.5 |     22.6
  High school graduate ..............|    45.2 |     8,365 |    23.8 |        52.8 |     32.2 |  2.8 | 29.4 |      13.6 | 10.5 |    8.6 |    17.5 |  38.8 |     32.5
  Some college ......................|    58.6 |     6,461 |    31.6 |        48.7 |     39.7 |  4.8 | 34.3 |      19.4 | 13.1 |    8.0 |    15.7 |  47.9 |     40.0
  Associate degree ..................|    63.7 |     2,916 |    34.0 |        47.1 |     40.0 |  3.5 | 33.6 |      18.1 | 13.1 |   10.2 |    13.5 |  45.7 |     39.6
  Bachelor's degree .................|    67.6 |     5,838 |    40.2 |        36.8 |     42.5 |  6.1 | 39.2 |      25.3 | 22.9 |   11.5 |    12.0 |  56.1 |     44.1
  Master's degree ...................|    66.5 |     2,027 |    37.4 |        23.2 |     44.3 |  6.0 | 35.6 |      32.1 | 38.5 |   12.4 |     6.0 |  64.4 |     45.5
  Doctor's or professional degree ...|    68.2 |       538 |    36.8 |        24.1 |     45.4 |  4.8 | 40.8 |      24.1 | 22.3 |    7.7 |     5.2 |  74.3 |     41.5
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
           Race/ethnicity            |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
White, non-Hispanic .................|    48.7 |    43,020 |    37.2 |        45.8 |     39.3 |  7.8 | 35.2 |      23.0 | 15.9 |   13.4 |    16.7 |  45.9 |     41.8
Black, non-Hispanic .................|    36.2 |     4,016 |    27.5 |        38.3 |     37.3 |  5.8 | 31.2 |      16.8 | 15.7 |   10.9 |    12.9 |  35.5 |     34.1
Hispanic ............................|    29.3 |     2,492 |    29.1 |        45.6 |     32.1 |  6.5 | 27.6 |      18.7 | 13.3 |   10.8 |    16.0 |  33.6 |     32.9
Other ...............................|    43.9 |     1,578 |    39.7 |        39.4 |     37.2 |  8.9 | 33.5 |      22.6 | 12.9 |   15.2 |    10.2 |  44.5 |     39.0
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
         Occupational group          |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
Managerial and professional specialty|    67.7 |    21,044 |    46.5 |        39.3 |     45.7 | 10.6 | 40.3 |      31.1 | 22.2 |   16.7 |    11.6 |  56.7 |     49.7
  Executive, administrative,         |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
    and managerial ..................|    72.3 |    10,645 |    54.5 |        54.3 |     49.0 |  8.1 | 44.3 |      29.6 | 15.9 |   14.9 |    18.4 |  58.3 |     55.6
  Professional specialty occupations |    68.3 |     7,712 |    43.2 |        26.6 |     45.8 | 15.4 | 40.7 |      33.2 | 16.1 |   20.0 |     5.4 |  54.2 |     45.2
  Teachers, except college           |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
    and university ..................|    49.1 |     2,091 |    18.9 |        16.4 |     28.0 |  5.5 | 20.1 |      30.0 | 69.6 |   11.2 |     2.3 |  52.0 |     36.2
  Teachers, college and university ..|    72.5 |       597 |    44.0 |        15.8 |     48.9 | 11.2 | 33.4 |      34.9 | 47.0 |   23.8 |     2.2 |  77.4 |     51.1
Technical, sales, and administrative |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
  support ...........................|    65.5 |    22,316 |    31.2 |        50.7 |     36.5 |  5.1 | 33.4 |      17.3 | 11.9 |   10.9 |    22.6 |  42.0 |     38.7
  Technicians and related support ...|    69.9 |     2,592 |    41.5 |        29.0 |     38.1 | 13.1 | 37.9 |      21.2 | 11.0 |   28.8 |     4.7 |  37.4 |     37.9
  Sales occupations .................|    48.8 |     6,220 |    34.1 |        59.9 |     33.6 |  4.7 | 31.5 |      18.5 | 11.0 |    8.2 |    53.7 |  34.8 |     43.5
  Administrative support, including  |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
    clerical ........................|    76.7 |    13,505 |    27.9 |        50.6 |     37.5 |  3.7 | 33.3 |      16.0 | 12.4 |    8.7 |    11.7 |  46.2 |     36.6
Service occupations .................|    14.7 |     2,126 |    15.2 |        31.3 |     31.5 |  2.7 | 20.9 |       7.5 |  9.1 |    6.6 |    11.6 |  20.5 |     18.7
Precision production, craft,         |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
  and repair ........................|    23.2 |     2,976 |    32.0 |        45.3 |     29.2 |  9.9 | 26.1 |      16.4 | 11.0 |   14.4 |     9.6 |  20.6 |     28.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers |    14.9 |     2,382 |    15.3 |        51.8 |     18.3 |  6.1 | 17.0 |      12.5 |  6.5 |    7.1 |     9.6 |  11.4 |     16.4
Farming, forestry, and fishing ......|     8.5 |       262 |    27.5 |        65.3 |     16.4 |  1.8 | 27.3 |      16.2 |  8.6 |    7.6 |    10.4 |  28.2 |     31.7
                                     |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
          Family income\4\           |         |           |         |             |          |      |      |           |      |        |         |       |
Less than $20,000 ...................|    25.1 |     5,224 |    24.4 |        46.6 |     28.8 |  5.1 | 27.4 |      15.5 | 12.1 |    9.4 |    18.7 |  33.1 |     30.6
$20,000 to $29,999 ..................|    38.4 |     7,337 |    29.3 |        48.9 |     35.3 |  6.1 | 31.1 |      19.2 | 13.8 |   11.2 |    17.8 |  38.6 |     36.7
$30,000 to $39,999 ..................|    45.7 |     8,911 |    32.3 |        47.1 |     35.7 |  6.9 | 31.5 |      20.6 | 15.1 |   11.8 |    15.0 |  40.7 |     37.1
$40,000 to $49,999 ..................|    51.9 |     7,027 |    34.2 |        45.4 |     37.3 |  7.3 | 33.0 |      20.6 | 15.6 |   12.9 |    13.4 |  42.2 |     38.2
$50,000 to $74,999 ..................|    60.6 |    12,643 |    40.4 |        43.4 |     42.2 |  8.9 | 37.5 |      24.4 | 17.8 |   14.6 |    15.2 |  47.6 |     43.7
$75,000 or more .....................|    65.9 |     8,994 |    49.3 |        40.6 |     47.8 |  9.5 | 42.1 |      29.5 | 17.0 |   16.3 |    17.5 |  57.9 |     52.2
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\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.

\2\Includes bulletin boards and electronic mail.

\3\Computer assisted design.

\4\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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, October 1993, unpublished data. (This table was prepared March 1994.)


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