Table A. LEVEL OF ACCESS AND USE OF COMPUTERS: 1984, 1989, and 1993 (Numbers in thousands) *******Number******* *****Percent***** Access, use, and age 1984 1989 1993 1984 1989 1993 Households with computer 6,980 13,683 22,605 8.2 15.0 22.8 ALL RACES 3 to 17 years 51482 52667 55827 Access to a computer 7,697 12,082 17,829 15.3 24.2 31.9 Use home computer 5,679 8,547 12,527 74.2 71.1 74.7 Use computer at school 12,284 20,664 28,848 28.0 46.0 60.6 Use computer any place 15,542 24,216 32,659 30.2 46.0 58.5 18 years and over 169,786 180,123 187,405 Access to a computer 14,999 29,615 47,988 9.1 17.3 25.6 Use home computer 7,757 16,758 30,165 53.3 58.4 65.6 Use computer at school 3,839 5,564 7,439 30.8 43.6 53.8 Use computer at work 24,172 40,245 51,106 24.6 36.8 45.8 Use computer any place 31,099 50,668 67,397 18.3 28.1 36.0 WHITE 3 to 17 years 41,915 42,262 44,242 Access to a computer 7,048 10,773 15,821 17.1 26.7 35.8 Use home computer 5,186 7,685 11,248 74.0 71.7 75.3 Use computer at school 10,827 17,463 23,799 30.3 48.2 62.7 Use computer any place 13,782 20,662 27,178 32.9 48.9 61.4 18 years and over 146,693 154,236 158,927 Access to a computer 13,782 26,902 42,814 9.6 18.3 26.9 Use home computer 7,151 15,462 27,417 53.4 59.2 66.7 Use computer at school 3,269 4,709 5,980 31.0 43.6 53.1 Use computer at work 21,795 35,977 45,326 25.3 37.8 47.1 Use computer any place 27,940 45,264 59,532 19.0 29.4 37.5 BLACK 3 to 17 years 7,721 8,212 8,836 Access to a computer 461 806 1,152 6.1 10.6 13.0 Use home computer 350 518 721 75.9 65.0 67.3 Use computer at school 1,032 2,416 3,786 15.9 35.1 50.9 Use computer any place 1,254 2,622 4,031 16.2 31.9 45.6 18 years and over 18,403 20,007 21,361 Access to a computer 780 1,573 2,949 4.4 8.4 13.8 Use home computer 406 733 1,582 54.0 50.6 56.8 Use computer at school 367 506 909 26.1 38.9 54.8 Use computer at work 1,724 2,990 4,072 18.3 27.6 36.1 Use computer any place 2,259 3,673 5,335 12.3 18.4 25.0 HISPANIC ORIGIN 3 to 17 years 4,266 5,734 6,569 Access to a computer 191 514 795 4.6 9.6 12.1 Use home computer 128 326 459 67.4 64.3 68.4 Use computer at school 634 1,724 2,829 18.2 37.5 52.7 Use computer any place 717 1,853 2,991 16.8 32.3 45.5 18 years and over 9,362 13,301 15,103 Access to a computer 372 1,005 1,954 4.1 8.0 12.9 Use home computer 165 508 1,090 45.6 54.0 61.3 Use computer at school 177 323 534 28.0 37.7 50.0 Use computer at work 863 1,779 2,492 16.4 22.5 29.3 Use computer any place 1,091 2,246 3,322 11.7 16.9 22.0 Note: Percents based on the following; Use home computer based on persons with home computer. Use computer at school based on persons enrolled. Use computer at work based on persons with a job. Use computer any place (home, work, school combined) based on persons in age group. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Files containing more detailed data on computer use are located in the FTP file area in the /population/socdemo directory. Filenames: comp1.txt & compwork.txt. The data were collected in October 1993 in the Current Population Survey which is an ongoing monthly survey of approximately 55,000 households. The tables are consistent with Current Population Reports (CPR), Series P-23, No.171, Computer Use in the United States: 1989" and No. 155, "Computer Use in the United States: 1984." As with all sample surveys, the CPS estimates may different from the figure that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken on the same date using the same schedules, instructions and eumerators. Approximate standard errors for these data are similar to those in Appendix B of CPR Series P-23, No. 171. Source: Education and Social Stratification Branch, Population Division U.S. Bureau of the Census