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Table 433 | Percent of student home computer users using specific applications, by selected characteristics: October 1997 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Number | Percent of computer users using specific applications\1\ |of students |______________________________________________________________________________________________ Selected | using | Home | | | |Home | | | |Desktop| | characteristics |computers | book- |School |Games| Job- |connection|Word |Data |Graphi| pub- |Spread-|Internet of students |at home, in | keeping |assign- | |related|to school |proce|bases| |lishing|sheets | | thousands | \2\ | ments | | \2\ |or work |sing | \2\ | | \2\ | \2\ | _________________________|____________|__________|____________|_____|_______|__________|_____|_____|______|_______|_______|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 _________________________|____________|__________|____________|_____|_______|__________|_____|_____|______|_______|_______|__________ Total, all students .....|32,459 (310)| --- | 65.9 (0.4)|78.0 | --- | 7.4 (0.2)|52.5 | --- | 21.4 | --- | --- |36.3 (0.4) Preprimary ............| 2,493 (83)| --- | 5.2 (0.7)|89.5 | --- | 0.4 (0.2)| 4.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 | --- | --- | 4.4 (0.7) 1st to 8th grade ......|14,056 (205)| --- | 58.3 (0.7)|93.0 | --- | 1.3 (0.2)|36.1 | 0.0 | 19.2 | --- | --- |25.1 (0.6) White, non-Hispanic .|11,340 (182)| --- | 55.6 (0.8)|89.1 | --- | 1.2 (0.2)|35.7 | 0.0 | 19.5 | --- | --- |26.4 (0.7) Black, non-Hispanic .| 1,078 (50)| --- | 49.8 (2.3)|84.1 | --- | 1.0 (0.5)|23.6 | 0.0 | 9.5 | --- | --- |16.0 (1.7) Hispanic ............| 863 (37)| --- | 51.0 (2.1)|77.5 | --- | 2.0 (0.6)|28.2 | 0.0 | 14.3 | --- | --- |19.4 (1.7) 9th to 12th grade .....| 7,699 (139)| 2.9 | 84.8 (0.6)|76.0 | 5.2 | 3.1 (0.3)|65.9 | 6.1 | 22.3 | 7.0 | 6.5 |42.2 (0.9) White, non-Hispanic .| 6,265 (125)| 2.8 | 80.4 (0.8)|72.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 (0.3)|64.3 | 6.0 | 22.2 | 7.1 | 6.3 |43.6 (1.0) Black, non-Hispanic .| 534 (38)| 1.7 | 74.3 (3.1)|69.7 | 9.9 | 1.4 (0.8)|47.2 | 2.4 | 15.3 | 4.0 | 2.2 |27.6 (3.2) Hispanic ............| 458 (37)| 3.1 | 73.0 (3.6)|64.2 | 4.4 | 2.2 (1.2)|55.2 | 4.1 | 13.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 |37.3 (3.9) Undergraduate .........| 6,179 (124)| 22.5 | 82.0 (0.8)|54.3 | 17.8 |20.3 (0.8)|79.7 | 0.0 | 25.4 | 14.3 | 24.6 |57.9 (1.0) Graduate ..............| 2,032 (70)| 38.1 | 73.4 (1.5)|44.3 | 43.4 |32.0 (1.6)|88.0 | 0.0 | 32.9 | 25.5 | 36.6 |65.9 (1.6) | | | | | | | | | | | | Males ...................|16,213 (208)| 7.2 | 62.5 (0.6)|79.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 (0.3)|47.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 5.4 | 8.9 |37.3 (0.6) Preprimary ............| 1,308 (60)| --- | 5.5 (1.0)|90.3 | --- | 0.8 (0.4)| 3.8 | 0.0 | 11.2 | --- | --- | 5.9 (1.1) 1st to 8th grade ......| 7,257 (144)| --- | 54.8 (1.0)|89.8 | --- | 1.4 (0.2)|31.3 | 0.0 | 16.3 | --- | --- |25.0 (0.8) 9th to 12th grade .....| 3,971 (98)| 3.0 | 78.6 (1.0)|78.8 | 5.5 | 3.4 (0.4)|58.9 | 0.0 | 21.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 |44.5 (1.2) Undergraduate .........| 2,841 (83)| 23.5 | 82.7 (1.1)|59.8 | 18.8 |23.7 (1.2)|78.8 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 13.8 | 28.4 |63.6 (1.4) Graduate ..............| 834 (45)| 44.2 | 73.7 (2.3)|50.4 | 48.1 |39.0 (2.6)|85.9 | 0.0 | 34.5 | 26.0 | 43.0 |68.8 (2.5) | | | | | | | | | | | | Females .................|16,246 (208)| 7.5 | 64.3 (0.6)|70.2 | 7.4 | 6.6 (0.3)|54.1 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 |35.4 (0.6) Preprimary ............| 1,185 (57)| --- | 4.9 (1.0)|88.6 | --- | 0.0 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 10.4 | --- | --- | 2.7 (0.8) 1st to 8th grade ......| 6,799 (139)| --- | 55.4 (1.0)|85.9 | --- | 1.1 (0.2)|37.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | --- | --- |25.1 (0.9) 9th to 12th grade .....| 3,728 (95)| 2.5 | 81.3 (1.0)|64.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 (0.4)|65.5 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 |39.7 (1.2) Undergraduate .........| 3,337 (90)| 21.6 | 81.5 (1.0)|49.5 | 17.0 |17.4 (1.0)|80.6 | 0.0 | 22.7 | 14.7 | 21.3 |53.1 (1.3) Graduate ..............| 1,197 (54)| 33.9 | 73.2 (2.0)|40.0 | 40.2 |27.0 (2.0)|89.4 | 0.0 | 31.8 | 25.2 | 32.2 |63.8 (2.1) _________________________|____________|__________|____________|_____|_______|__________|_____|_____|______|_______|_______|__________ |
\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.
\2\Data are for persons 15 years old and over. ---Data not available or not applicable. 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 1997, unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 1998.) |