| Table 430. | Percent of workers, 18 years old and over, using computers on the job, by type of computer application and selected characteristics: 1993, 1997, and 2001 |
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|Percent| Percent | 2001
| using | using |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
|compu- | computers| | Number | Percent of on-the-job computer workers using specific computer applications\1\
| ters | at work, | Percent | using |_______________________________________________________________________________________
Selected characteristic | at | 1997 | using |computers| Spread- | Internet/| Calendar/|Graphics/ | Program- | Word | Other | Using 4
| work, | | computers|at work, | sheets/ | e-mail | schedule | design | ming |processing| uses | or more
| 1993 | | at work | in | databases| | | | | desktop | |categories
| | | |thousands| | | | | |publishing| |
_____________________________________|_______|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
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_____________________________________|_______|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Total .............................| 45.8|49.8(0.24)|54.2(0.24)| 71,782|62.5(0.31)|72.2(0.29)|53.2(0.32)|28.9(0.29)|15.3(0.23)|67.2(0.30)|13.0(0.22)|43.9(0.32)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | | |
18 to 24 ............................| 34.4|37.1(0.66)|37.8(0.63)| 6,592|53.7(1.06)|58.2(1.05)|47.5(1.06)|21.3(0.87)|12.7(0.71)|55.1(1.06)|13.5(0.73)|32.2(0.99)
25 to 29 ............................| 48.3|52.5(0.70)|56.3(0.72)| 7,871|65.9(0.92)|73.7(0.86)|54.9(0.97)|28.6(0.88)|17.2(0.73)|67.5(0.91)|12.6(0.65)|46.3(0.97)
30 to 39 ............................| 50.7|53.3(0.46)|58.4(0.47)| 19,266|66.5(0.59)|75.0(0.54)|56.6(0.62)|31.5(0.58)|17.4(0.47)|69.5(0.57)|12.3(0.41)|48.2(0.62)
40 to 49 ............................| 51.3|54.9(0.47)|58.6(0.45)| 20,663|63.6(0.58)|73.5(0.53)|54.9(0.60)|30.4(0.55)|15.9(0.44)|68.8(0.56)|12.6(0.40)|45.7(0.60)
50 to 59 ............................| 43.9|50.7(0.61)|57.4(0.56)| 13,346|61.2(0.73)|74.0(0.66)|51.3(0.75)|29.2(0.68)|12.5(0.49)|69.1(0.69)|13.4(0.51)|43.2(0.74)
60 or older .........................| 27.2|32.6(0.88)|42.2(0.87)| 4,045|50.1(1.36)|65.7(1.29)|40.2(1.33)|20.8(1.10)|12.3(0.89)|61.0(1.33)|16.4(1.01)|31.5(1.26)
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Educational attainment and sex | | | | | | | | | | | |
Not high school graduate ............| 10.0 |11.9(0.48)|16.0(0.54)| 2,243|43.9(1.81)|45.7(1.82)|40.9(1.79)|15.4(1.32)|10.9(1.14)|44.8(1.81)|21.1(1.49)|21.8(1.51)
High school graduate ................| 34.2 |36.4(0.40)|38.8(0.41)| 16,172|52.7(0.68)|58.3(0.67)|45.7(0.68)|19.3(0.54)|11.2(0.43)|54.2(0.68)|14.5(0.48)|30.0(0.62)
Some college ........................| 50.4 |53.6(0.53)|55.8(0.52)| 15,012|59.3(0.69)|67.0(0.66)|49.8(0.71)|25.6(0.62)|13.7(0.49)|62.1(0.68)|13.2(0.48)|38.4(0.69)
Associate degree ....................| 58.2 |60.7(0.81)|62.0(0.76)| 7,482|57.6(0.99)|66.4(0.94)|51.0(1.00)|25.8(0.87)|15.0(0.71)|60.9(0.97)|15.0(0.71)|37.9(0.97)
Bachelor's degree ...................| 68.8 |73.9(0.50)|80.3(0.43)| 20,102|72.6(0.54)|84.1(0.45)|60.1(0.60)|36.5(0.59)|18.5(0.47)|77.3(0.51)|10.9(0.38)|56.2(0.60)
Master's degree .....................| 71.2 |78.7(0.81)|85.0(0.66)| 7,423|72.1(0.90)|86.8(0.68)|61.0(0.98)|41.0(0.99)|19.4(0.79)|84.8(0.72)| 9.9(0.60)|60.1(0.98)
Doctor's or professional degree .....| 66.9 |74.6(1.24)|82.5(1.03)| 3,348|65.8(1.42)|88.2(0.96)|58.1(1.47)|33.2(1.41)|17.7(1.14)|81.9(1.15)|14.4(1.05)|54.4(1.49)
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Male ................................| 40.3 |44.1(0.31)|48.5(0.31)| 34,446|65.1(0.44)|75.4(0.40)|55.4(0.46)|32.1(0.43)|20.5(0.38)|64.5(0.45)|13.0(0.31)|47.5(0.46)
Not high school graduate ..........| 8.5 | 9.8(0.53)|12.9(0.59)| 1,140|43.1(2.53)|50.2(2.56)|39.0(2.50)|16.9(1.92)|12.4(1.69)|40.2(2.51)|19.8(2.04)|20.9(2.08)
High school graduate ..............| 24.2 |27.1(0.49)|29.3(0.51)| 6,545|50.0(1.07)|57.9(1.05)|44.8(1.06)|21.4(0.88)|15.1(0.77)|45.4(1.06)|16.2(0.79)|29.3(0.97)
Some college ......................| 42.8 |46.0(0.71)|50.0(0.71)| 6,780|59.6(1.03)|67.6(0.98)|49.8(1.05)|27.8(0.94)|17.5(0.80)|56.1(1.04)|14.0(0.73)|39.2(1.02)
Associate degree ..................| 52.6 |55.2(1.16)|57.5(1.09)| 3,285|60.3(1.47)|70.7(1.37)|50.9(1.51)|29.1(1.37)|21.8(1.25)|57.0(1.49)|13.8(1.04)|41.1(1.48)
Bachelor's degree .................| 69.8 |74.3(0.65)|79.7(0.58)| 10,536|76.6(0.71)|87.2(0.56)|64.0(0.81)|39.5(0.82)|24.7(0.73)|76.3(0.72)|10.4(0.51)|60.7(0.82)
Master's degree ...................| 75.4 |79.8(1.05)|85.0(0.88)| 3,881|78.0(1.15)|89.8(0.84)|65.7(1.32)|42.9(1.37)|25.3(1.21)|83.2(1.04)| 9.2(0.80)|65.6(1.32)
Doctor's or professional degree ...| 66.5 |73.4(1.43)|81.9(1.21)| 2,279|67.8(1.69)|89.0(1.13)|60.5(1.77)|34.4(1.72)|19.7(1.44)|81.5(1.41)|13.9(1.25)|55.8(1.80)
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Female ..............................| 52.4 |56.5(0.32)|60.7(0.31)| 37,336|60.1(0.44)|69.1(0.41)|51.1(0.45)|26.0(0.39)|10.5(0.27)|69.7(0.41)|13.0(0.30)|40.6(0.44)
Not high school graduate ..........| 12.5 |15.4(0.80)|21.3(0.91)| 1,103|44.8(2.59)|41.1(2.56)|43.0(2.58)|14.0(1.80)| 9.5(1.52)|49.6(2.60)|22.3(2.17)|22.8(2.18)
High school graduate ..............| 45.2 |46.9(0.56)|49.7(0.57)| 9,627|54.6(0.88)|58.5(0.87)|46.4(0.88)|17.9(0.67)| 8.5(0.49)|60.3(0.86)|13.3(0.60)|30.4(0.81)
Some college ......................| 58.6 |61.5(0.68)|61.8(0.67)| 8,232|58.9(0.94)|66.6(0.90)|49.9(0.95)|23.9(0.81)|10.6(0.59)|67.0(0.90)|12.6(0.63)|37.8(0.92)
Associate degree ..................| 63.7 |65.4(0.99)|66.0(0.94)| 4,196|55.5(1.33)|63.1(1.29)|51.1(1.33)|23.2(1.13)| 9.6(0.79)|64.0(1.28)|15.9(0.98)|35.4(1.28)
Bachelor's degree .................| 67.6 |73.5(0.67)|81.0(0.57)| 9,566|68.2(0.82)|80.7(0.70)|55.9(0.88)|33.2(0.83)|11.8(0.57)|78.5(0.73)|11.4(0.56)|51.4(0.88)
Master's degree ...................| 66.5 |77.5(1.10)|85.0(0.88)| 3,542|65.5(1.38)|83.5(1.08)|55.8(1.44)|38.8(1.41)|12.9(0.97)|86.5(0.99)|10.6(0.90)|54.1(1.45)
Doctor's or professional degree ...| 68.2 |77.6(2.06)|84.0(1.63)| 1,069|61.7(2.57)|86.3(1.82)|52.9(2.64)|30.5(2.43)|13.5(1.80)|82.7(2.00)|15.4(1.91)|51.5(2.64)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .................| 48.7 |53.8(0.28)|59.0(0.27)| 57,160|63.2(0.35)|73.2(0.32)|53.2(0.36)|29.4(0.33)|14.9(0.26)|67.8(0.34)|13.2(0.24)|44.6(0.36)
Black, non-Hispanic .................| 36.2 |40.0(0.74)|43.8(0.72)| 6,460|57.1(1.09)|67.2(1.03)|54.0(1.10)|26.4(0.97)|16.0(0.81)|62.8(1.07)|13.0(0.74)|39.9(1.08)
Hispanic ............................| 29.3 |30.2(0.80)|32.4(0.76)| 4,730|58.1(1.42)|61.9(1.39)|49.8(1.43)|22.9(1.21)|12.6(0.95)|64.2(1.38)|11.7(0.92)|36.7(1.38)
Asian, Pacific Islander .............| --- | --- (---)|56.8(1.34)| 3,012|67.2(1.69)|77.9(1.49)|56.2(1.78)|32.8(1.69)|24.7(1.55)|68.5(1.67)|11.4(1.14)|51.2(1.80)
American Indian, Alaska Native ......| --- | --- (---)|45.5(3.24)| 419|62.3(4.67)|76.2(4.10)|59.5(4.73)|33.1(4.54)|22.9(4.05)|70.0(4.42)|14.4(3.39)|47.3(4.81)
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Occupational group | | | | | | | | | | | |
Managerial and professional specialty| 67.7 |74.6(0.39)|79.7(0.34)| 33,357|70.3(0.43)|82.7(0.36)|60.8(0.46)|37.2(0.46)|18.6(0.37)|78.3(0.39)|11.0(0.30)|56.0(0.47)
Executive, administrative, | | | | | | | | | | | |
and managerial ..................| 72.3 |77.5(0.53)|80.4(0.48)| 16,289|77.0(0.57)|83.5(0.50)|65.3(0.64)|34.5(0.64)|16.6(0.50)|79.0(0.55)| 9.4(0.40)|58.7(0.67)
Professional specialty occupations | 68.3 |71.7(0.56)|79.0(0.48)| 17,069|63.9(0.64)|81.9(0.51)|56.5(0.66)|39.9(0.65)|20.5(0.53)|77.7(0.55)|12.5(0.44)|53.4(0.66)
Teachers, except college | | | | | | | | | | | |
and university ................| 49.1 |60.3(1.21)|72.0(1.05)| 3,957|58.2(1.35)|78.3(1.13)|50.0(1.37)|42.8(1.36)|11.6(0.88)|85.0(0.98)|11.3(0.87)|49.9(1.37)
Teachers, college and university | 72.5 |79.9(2.25)|88.7(1.71)| 909|72.7(2.55)|94.1(1.35)|50.4(2.86)|46.9(2.86)|25.6(2.50)|92.1(1.55)|17.0(2.15)|64.8(2.74)
Technical, sales, and administrative | | | | | | | | | | | |
support ...........................| 65.5 |79.1(0.36)|68.1(0.41)| 25,808|60.0(0.53)|67.7(0.50)|48.7(0.54)|22.5(0.45)|12.5(0.36)|62.9(0.52)|13.0(0.36)|37.1(0.52)
Technicians and related support ...| 69.9 |75.1(1.14)|75.0(1.10)| 3,443|59.3(1.45)|70.4(1.34)|52.4(1.47)|29.3(1.34)|26.9(1.31)|58.6(1.45)|14.3(1.03)|41.9(1.45)
Sales occupations .................| 48.8 |54.8(0.70)|59.3(0.69)| 9,037|60.6(0.89)|70.1(0.83)|49.2(0.91)|25.8(0.80)|11.2(0.57)|60.4(0.89)|14.2(0.63)|39.5(0.89)
Administrative support, including | | | | | | | | | | | |
clerical ........................| 76.7 |77.6(0.53)|73.8(0.57)| 13,328|59.7(0.73)|65.3(0.71)|47.4(0.75)|18.6(0.58)| 9.6(0.44)|65.7(0.71)|11.9(0.48)|34.2(0.71)
Service occupations .................| 14.7 |16.4(0.49)|23.8(0.56)| 4,090|44.8(1.34)|52.5(1.35)|46.9(1.35)|17.8(1.03)| 9.1(0.78)|53.8(1.35)|17.9(1.04)|26.2(1.19)
Precision production, craft, | | | | | | | | | | | |
and repair ........................| 23.2 |25.0(0.63)|30.0(0.65)| 4,440|51.6(1.30)|59.9(1.27)|45.4(1.29)|23.7(1.10)|17.5(0.98)|46.5(1.29)|17.5(0.98)|30.8(1.20)
Operators, fabricators, and laborers | 14.9 |17.3(0.48)|19.7(0.52)| 3,423|41.2(1.45)|43.2(1.46)|32.6(1.38)|17.0(1.11)| 9.6(0.87)|35.5(1.41)|20.7(1.20)|18.5(1.15)
Farming, forestry, and fishing ......| 8.5 | 9.3(0.87)|19.5(1.17)| 664|61.0(3.27)|67.7(3.14)|43.5(3.32)|21.6(2.76)|10.8(2.08)|60.9(3.27)|12.3(2.21)|31.3(3.11)
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Family income\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $20,000 ...................| 25.1 |26.7(0.51)|39.1(0.47)| 12,691|56.5(0.76)|65.5(0.73)|48.6(0.77)|26.0(0.67)|13.7(0.53)|62.6(0.74)|14.0(0.53)|37.5(0.74)
$20,000 to $29,999 ..................| 38.4 |38.4(0.61)|37.5(0.73)| 4,914|51.5(1.23)|59.7(1.21)|42.0(1.22)|21.3(1.01)|11.2(0.78)|56.1(1.22)|19.3(0.97)|30.5(1.14)
$30,000 to $39,999 ..................| 45.7 |45.8(0.62)|47.3(0.72)| 6,792|56.5(1.04)|63.1(1.01)|44.9(1.04)|23.9(0.89)|13.0(0.70)|60.8(1.02)|15.9(0.77)|35.3(1.00)
$40,000 to $49,999 ..................| 51.9 |52.3(0.71)|52.3(0.78)| 6,430|58.8(1.06)|68.4(1.00)|50.5(1.08)|27.3(0.96)|13.9(0.75)|62.9(1.04)|14.3(0.75)|39.3(1.05)
$50,000 to $74,999 ..................| 60.6 |59.9(0.50)|60.8(0.52)| 16,081|63.2(0.66)|71.6(0.61)|52.5(0.68)|28.9(0.62)|15.7(0.50)|66.1(0.65)|12.7(0.45)|43.2(0.67)
$75,000 or more .....................| 65.9 |69.7(0.51)|73.4(0.41)| 24,874|69.9(0.50)|81.8(0.42)|61.1(0.53)|33.7(0.52)|17.7(0.42)|75.4(0.47)|10.3(0.33)|53.9(0.55)
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| ---Not available. \1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity. \2\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. 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 September 2002.)
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