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(21 KB)| Table 427. | Student use of computers, by level of instruction and selected characteristics: 1984 to 1997 |
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| | | October 1993 | October 1997
Student and |Octo-|Octo-|___________________________________________|___________________________________________________
school | ber | ber | |Prekin-| | | |5th or | |Prekin-| | | |5th or
characteristics |1984,|1989,| |dergar-|Grades|Grades|1st to | later | |dergar-|Grades |Grades |1st to | later
|total|total|Total|ten and|1 to 8| 9 | 4th | year |Total|ten and|1 to 8 | 9 | 4th | year
| | | |kinder-| |to 12 |year of| of | |kinder-| |to 12 |year of| of
| | | |garten | | |college|college| |garten | | |college|college
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_______|______|______|_______|_______|_____|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
_______________________|_____|_____|_____|_______|______|______|_______|_______|_____|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______
| Percent of students using computers at school
|___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Total ..............|27.3 |42.7 |59.0 | 26.2 | 68.9 | 58.2 | 55.2 | 52.1 |68.8 | 36.5 |79.3 (0.4)|70.5 (0.6)| 64.7 | 55.5
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ................|29.0 |43.5 |59.4 | 25.9 | 69.5 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 56.7 |70.1 | 37.1 |79.5 (0.5)|71.3 (0.8)| 67.8 | 59.9
Female ..............|25.5 |41.9 |58.7 | 26.5 | 68.4 | 60.0 | 53.3 | 47.8 |67.6 | 35.7 |79.0 (0.5)|69.6 (0.8)| 62.2 | 52.1
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .|30.0 |45.7 |61.6 | 29.4 | 73.7 | 59.9 | 54.9 | 49.8 |71.1 | 38.7 |84.0 (0.4)|71.9 (0.7)| 64.3 | 53.8
Black, non-Hispanic .|16.8 |32.6 |51.5 | 16.5 | 56.5 | 54.5 | 56.9 | 57.9 |66.3 | 33.5 |71.6 (0.9)|72.9 (1.4)| 69.2 | 55.8
Hispanic ............|18.6 |34.9 |52.3 | 19.2 | 58.4 | 54.1 | 51.9 | 53.7 |61.5 | 31.0 |68.3 (0.9)|63.1 (1.8)| 63.3 | 54.7
Other ...............|28.6 |42.7 |59.0 | 23.5 | 65.7 | 57.3 | 60.9 | 69.4 |65.3 | 32.7 |74.9 (1.3)|63.6 (2.9)| 63.1 | 68.9
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Household income | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 ....|18.7 |36.7 |51.2 | 19.6 | 55.0 | 50.6 | 61.7 | 66.7 |62.1 | 25.4 |69.6 (1.9)|67.9 (2.9)| 61.1 | 74.1
$5,000 to $9,999 ....|21.0 |36.1 |53.3 | 24.4 | 60.3 | 51.9 | 53.9 | 56.2 |63.5 | 35.1 |70.1 (1.6)|61.6 (2.4)| 69.8 | 74.8
$10,000 to $14,999 ..|22.4 |38.4 |56.4 | 20.1 | 64.7 | 56.7 | 50.7 | 76.1 |66.2 | 33.3 |74.1 (1.4)|68.2 (2.1)| 64.1 | 70.5
$15,000 to $19,999 ..|25.9 |41.5 |58.1 | 23.8 | 67.5 | 57.4 | 51.2 | 58.5 |65.9 | 33.0 |74.9 (1.6)|66.7 (2.4)| 62.1 | 69.4
$20,000 to $24,999 ..|26.7 |42.4 |56.4 | 23.7 | 64.3 | 53.0 | 57.4 | 52.4 |66.9 | 34.2 |74.9 (1.5)|69.2 (2.0)| 64.0 | 65.8
$25,000 to $29,999 ..|30.5 |46.1 |60.0 | 28.0 | 70.1 | 60.3 | 51.5 | 58.0 |68.5 | 38.9 |77.7 (1.5)|72.0 (2.2)| 63.1 | 53.7
$30,000 to $34,999 ..|30.5 |44.2 |59.1 | 23.7 | 69.6 | 59.7 | 51.7 | 45.3 |67.6 | 34.6 |79.9 (1.3)|70.4 (2.1)| 55.2 | 47.7
$35,000 to $39,999 ..|32.3 |45.2 |60.7 | 27.1 | 72.1 | 61.7 | 49.2 | 47.9 |69.0 | 34.6 |79.9 (1.4)|70.1 (2.2)| 61.5 | 55.2
$40,000 to $49,999 ..|32.8 |44.7 |59.3 | 28.5 | 70.3 | 57.2 | 53.9 | 48.6 |70.5 | 34.7 |81.6 (1.1)|74.1 (1.6)| 63.3 | 52.0
$50,000 to $74,999 ..|35.5 |47.0 |62.6 | 28.6 | 75.6 | 61.5 | 57.4 | 44.2 |71.7 | 39.3 |84.0 (0.8)|72.8 (1.2)| 67.2 | 48.5
$75,000 or more .....|36.0 |51.2 |64.6 | 33.5 | 78.7 | 62.5 | 60.9 | 47.7 |72.1 | 43.2 |85.7 (0.8)|71.6 (1.3)| 68.1 | 50.1
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Control of school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Public ..............|27.4 |43.3 |60.2 | 30.1 | 68.6 | 58.1 | 53.9 | 54.1 |70.2 | 40.1 |79.0 (0.4)|70.5 (0.6)| 63.4 | 56.7
Private .............|26.5 |38.9 |52.1 | 18.7 | 72.5 | 60.7 | 60.7 | 48.0 |60.7 | 29.6 |82.1 (1.1)|69.6 (2.1)| 70.4 | 53.0
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| Percent of students using computers at home
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Total ..............|11.5 |18.8 |27.0 | 15.6 | 24.7 | 28.7 | 32.8 | 52.6 |45.1 | 29.6 |43.4 (0.5)|48.8 (0.6)| 49.8 | 67.2
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ................|14.0 |20.7 |27.4 | 15.1 | 24.8 | 28.2 | 36.6 | 56.1 |45.2 | 30.3 |43.6 (0.6)|49.3 (0.9)| 51.3 | 64.1
Female ..............| 9.0 |17.0 |26.6 | 16.1 | 24.6 | 29.2 | 29.7 | 49.5 |44.9 | 28.8 |43.3 (0.7)|48.1 (0.9)| 48.6 | 69.6
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .|13.7 |22.7 |32.8 | 19.4 | 31.4 | 35.9 | 36.0 | 53.6 |54.9 | 38.4 |54.4 (0.6)|60.9 (0.7)| 55.1 | 70.3
Black, non-Hispanic .| 4.9 | 7.3 |10.9 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 19.4 | 48.1 |21.1 | 9.8 |20.6 (0.8)|21.0 (1.3)| 25.6 | 56.3
Hispanic ............| 3.6 | 7.5 |10.4 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 9.8 | 22.0 | 52.2 |21.1 | 11.2 |18.6 (0.7)|21.6 (1.6)| 37.3 | 56.1
Other ...............| 9.0 |18.8 |28.7 | 17.0 | 23.2 | 37.0 | 33.0 | 47.1 |49.1 | 34.1 |46.9 (1.5)|51.8 (3.0)| 55.2 | 59.1
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Household income | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 ....| 2.9 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 25.6 | 45.2 |22.6 | 4.7 |17.4 (1.6)|17.3 (2.3)| 40.8 | 57.1
$5,000 to $9,999 ....| 3.2 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 21.3 | 45.6 |15.8 | 7.6 | 9.9 (1.0)| 9.1 (1.4)| 41.0 | 55.4
$10,000 to $14,999 ..| 5.0 | 7.2 |11.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 29.8 | 50.0 |18.4 | 9.4 |12.8 (1.1)|18.1 (1.8)| 34.9 | 64.2
$15,000 to $19,999 ..| 7.5 |11.3 |15.1 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 14.1 | 28.9 | 43.0 |20.7 | 9.4 |16.4 (1.4)|20.6 (2.1)| 35.1 | 74.8
$20,000 to $24,999 ..| 9.9 |12.9 |16.8 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 17.9 | 27.7 | 49.6 |30.5 | 14.5 |26.1 (1.5)|31.7 (2.0)| 44.1 | 61.3
$25,000 to $29,999 ..|12.8 |17.0 |21.1 | 12.3 | 19.3 | 22.0 | 26.1 | 47.0 |34.6 | 20.9 |32.2 (1.6)|37.9 (2.3)| 42.8 | 53.4
$30,000 to $34,999 ..|15.8 |17.7 |24.1 | 18.7 | 20.5 | 29.1 | 26.4 | 44.4 |38.7 | 22.7 |36.4 (1.6)|42.3 (2.3)| 45.8 | 65.4
$35,000 to $39,999 ..|19.4 |21.4 |27.1 | 13.0 | 26.3 | 28.1 | 32.7 | 52.7 |44.1 | 28.1 |44.5 (1.7)|45.9 (2.4)| 47.0 | 67.4
$40,000 to $49,999 ..|20.4 |25.7 |32.2 | 21.6 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 45.9 |50.6 | 37.3 |51.0 (1.4)|56.2 (1.9)| 51.1 | 54.1
$50,000 to $74,999 ..|24.2 |31.6 |43.0 | 25.5 | 45.3 | 46.4 | 40.1 | 58.2 |61.7 | 44.3 |64.2 (1.0)|67.3 (1.3)| 56.3 | 73.2
$75,000 or more .....|22.1 |43.8 |56.1 | 38.2 | 62.3 | 61.0 | 47.0 | 64.7 |74.2 | 58.5 |80.3 (0.9)|80.7 (1.1)| 62.8 | 76.1
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Control of school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Public ..............|11.2 |17.9 |25.3 | 12.1 | 23.0 | 27.2 | 31.9 | 50.0 |43.2 | 24.0 |41.2 (0.5)|46.9 (0.6)| 49.7 | 66.1
Private .............|13.8 |24.4 |37.4 | 22.4 | 41.5 | 47.2 | 36.9 | 57.7 |56.1 | 40.2 |65.0 (1.4)|72.8 (2.0)| 50.3 | 69.5
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| Percent of students using computers at home for school work
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Total ..............| 4.6 | 8.9 |14.9 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 20.9 | 23.1 | 36.6 |28.6 | 1.5 |23.9 (0.4)|39.0 (0.6)| 40.8 | 49.3
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ................| 5.9 | 9.5 |14.8 | 0.9 | 10.1 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 40.3 |28.3 | 1.7 |23.8 (0.5)|38.8 (0.8)| 42.4 | 47.2
Female ..............| 3.3 | 8.3 |15.0 | 0.4 | 11.5 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 33.2 |28.9 | 1.4 |24.0 (0.6)|39.1 (0.9)| 39.6 | 50.9
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Race | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .| 5.4 |10.7 |18.2 | 0.8 | 13.8 | 26.5 | 25.7 | 37.8 |35.0 | 1.7 |30.2 (0.5)|49.0 (0.8)| 45.9 | 51.3
Black, non-Hispanic .| 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.7 | --- | 4.0 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 30.1 |12.5 | 1.5 |10.3 (0.6)|15.6 (1.2)| 19.2 | 39.8
Hispanic ............| 1.4 | 3.6 | 5.6 | --- | 2.9 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 36.8 |12.5 | 0.7 | 9.5 (0.5)|15.8 (1.4)| 27.6 | 46.2
Other ...............| 3.8 | 9.1 |16.0 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 27.0 | 23.7 | 29.2 |33.6 | 1.9 |28.2 (1.4)|44.9 (3.0)| 45.2 | 45.8
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Household income | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $5,000 ....| 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.7 | --- | 2.5 | 4.0 | 18.7 | 36.0 |15.1 | --- | 8.8 (1.2)|11.7 (2.0)| 31.6 | 53.7
$5,000 to $9,999 ....| 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | --- | 1.1 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 35.5 |10.4 | 1.1 | 3.9 (0.7)| 7.3 (1.3)| 35.3 | 44.8
$10,000 to $14,999 ..| 1.9 | 3.5 | 7.3 | --- | 2.6 | 5.6 | 25.9 | 34.6 |11.4 | 0.8 | 5.3 (0.7)|13.5 (1.6)| 28.9 | 50.1
$15,000 to $19,999 ..| 3.0 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 18.7 | 31.0 |13.2 | 1.0 | 8.4 (1.0)|13.2 (1.7)| 31.0 | 63.3
$20,000 to $24,999 ..| 3.1 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 22.9 | 35.0 |19.4 | 1.7 |12.5 (1.2)|25.4 (1.9)| 35.2 | 44.6
$25,000 to $29,999 ..| 5.1 | 6.4 |10.4 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 13.4 | 19.5 | 34.9 |21.9 | 2.1 |18.6 (1.4)|27.5 (2.2)| 34.4 | 40.8
$30,000 to $34,999 ..| 4.9 | 8.0 |13.0 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 21.9 | 18.0 | 35.1 |24.4 | 0.8 |19.0 (1.3)|33.2 (2.2)| 38.7 | 48.9
$35,000 to $39,999 ..| 7.1 |10.5 |15.4 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 21.0 | 22.6 | 37.2 |26.5 | 0.4 |22.3 (1.4)|35.5 (2.3)| 38.7 | 55.7
$40,000 to $49,999 ..| 9.2 |11.9 |17.1 | 1.1 | 14.7 | 24.2 | 22.2 | 32.1 |30.1 | 2.9 |26.7 (1.2)|45.5 (1.9)| 38.9 | 36.8
$50,000 to $74,999 ..|11.5 |15.2 |23.2 | 1.0 | 19.7 | 35.0 | 27.0 | 38.2 |39.3 | 1.2 |36.1 (1.0)|54.9 (1.4)| 46.9 | 53.1
$75,000 or more .....| 9.8 |22.0 |30.4 | 0.8 | 29.4 | 45.2 | 30.6 | 41.5 |48.3 | 2.8 |48.5 (1.2)|66.4 (1.4)| 51.5 | 50.4
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Control of school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Public ..............| 4.5 | 8.5 |14.2 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 19.8 | 22.7 | 34.7 |27.9 | 1.5 |22.5 (0.4)|37.1 (0.6)| 40.6 | 48.7
Private .............| 5.4 |11.4 |18.8 | 1.0 | 17.8 | 35.4 | 24.8 | 40.1 |32.6 | 1.6 |37.7 (1.4)|62.0 (2.3)| 42.0 | 50.6
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---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 1984, 1989, 1993, and 1997, unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1998.)
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