Percent of workers, 18 years old and over, using computers on the job, by type of computer application and selected characteristics: 1993, 1997, and 2003

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Table 429.
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                                      |Percent|    Percent|                                           2003
                                      |  using|      using|_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected characteristic               | compu-|  computers|   Percent|   Number|            Percent of on-the-job computer workers using specific computer applications\1\
                                      |   ters|   at work,|     using|    using|________________________________________________________________________________________
                                      |     at|       1997| computers|computers|   Spread-| Internet/| Calendar/| Graphics/|  Program-|       Word|     Other|   Using 4
                                      |  work,|           |   at work| at work,|   sheets/|    e-mail|  schedule|    design|      ming|processing/|      uses|   or more
                                      |   1993|           |          |       in| databases|          |          |          |          |    desktop|      only|categories
                                      |       |           |          |thousands|          |          |          |          |          | publishing|          |
______________________________________|_______|___________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
1                                     |     2 |          3|         4|        5|        6 |         7|        8 |        9 |        10|         11|        12|        13
______________________________________|_______|___________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
  Total ..............................|   45.8| 49.4(0.24)|56.1(0.19)|   76,570|64.4(0.30)|75.4(0.27)|57.0(0.31)|29.7(0.29)|16.4(0.23)|67.8 (0.29)| 8.2(0.17)|45.3(0.31)
                                      |_______|___________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
Age                                   |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
18 to 24 .............................|   34.4| 37.1(0.66)|38.5(0.55)|    6,575|56.0(1.06)|62.1(1.03)|48.9(1.07)|21.7(0.88)|12.4(0.70)|57.9 (1.05)|14.2(0.74)|33.0(1.00)
25 to 29 .............................|   48.3| 52.5(0.70)|56.9(0.57)|    8,203|66.2(0.90)|75.6(0.82)|58.3(0.94)|30.3(0.88)|18.8(0.75)|67.8 (0.89)| 8.5(0.53)|47.2(0.95)
30 to 39 .............................|   50.7| 53.3(0.46)|59.0(0.37)|   19,225|68.0(0.58)|78.3(0.51)|61.8(0.61)|31.7(0.58)|18.0(0.48)|69.8 (0.57)| 6.8(0.31)|49.6(0.62)
40 to 49 .............................|   51.3| 54.9(0.47)|60.8(0.35)|   21,772|66.9(0.55)|77.1(0.49)|59.0(0.58)|31.8(0.55)|17.7(0.45)|69.7 (0.54)| 7.1(0.30)|48.4(0.59)
50 to 59 .............................|   43.9| 50.7(0.61)|60.1(0.42)|   15,423|62.5(0.67)|76.5(0.59)|54.6(0.69)|29.7(0.64)|15.1(0.50)|68.1 (0.65)| 8.0(0.38)|43.7(0.69)
60 or older ..........................|   27.2| 32.6(0.88)|48.5(0.67)|    5,373|53.8(1.18)|71.2(1.07)|46.1(1.18)|23.5(1.00)|10.6(0.72)|63.7 (1.13)|11.1(0.74)|35.0(1.12)
                                      |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Educational attainment and sex        |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Not high school completer ............|  10.0 | 11.9(0.48)|15.6(0.50)|    2,149|44.1(1.85)|49.7(1.86)|40.4(1.83)|15.3(1.34)|11.7(1.20)|43.2 (1.85)|21.6(1.53)|21.4(1.53)
High school completer ................|  34.2 | 36.4(0.40)|40.4(0.35)|   16,914|53.3(0.66)|61.4(0.65)|47.7(0.66)|18.5(0.52)|11.8(0.43)|52.4 (0.66)|14.6(0.47)|29.3(0.60)
Some college .........................|  50.4 | 53.6(0.53)|55.7(0.42)|   15,060|61.5(0.68)|70.2(0.64)|53.6(0.70)|25.3(0.61)|14.5(0.50)|62.5 (0.68)|10.0(0.42)|39.6(0.69)
Associate's degree ...................|  58.2 | 60.7(0.81)|62.9(0.59)|    7,813|61.1(0.95)|71.7(0.88)|54.4(0.97)|26.1(0.86)|15.4(0.71)|62.6 (0.95)| 9.9(0.58)|39.8(0.96)
Bachelor's degree ....................|  68.8 | 73.9(0.50)|82.0(0.30)|   22,540|73.3(0.51)|85.6(0.40)|64.2(0.55)|37.4(0.56)|20.1(0.46)|78.0 (0.48)| 3.7(0.22)|57.3(0.57)
Master's degree ......................|  71.2 | 78.7(0.81)|87.2(0.43)|    8,292|73.8(0.83)|90.0(0.57)|64.9(0.91)|43.3(0.94)|20.4(0.77)|85.6 (0.67)| 1.8(0.25)|62.2(0.92)
Doctor's or professional degree ......|  66.9 | 74.6(1.24)|85.4(0.67)|    3,803|68.8(1.30)|88.0(0.91)|66.1(1.33)|37.5(1.36)|19.3(1.11)|81.7 (1.08)| 2.9(0.47)|56.9(1.39)
                                      |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Male .................................|  40.3 | 44.1(0.31)|50.5(0.25)|   36,976|67.2(0.42)|77.7(0.37)|58.6(0.44)|33.8(0.42)|21.4(0.37)|65.6 (0.43)| 7.8(0.24)|48.8(0.45)
  Not high school completer ..........|   8.5 |  9.8(0.53)|12.5(0.55)|    1,095|44.4(2.59)|48.7(2.61)|39.4(2.55)|18.2(2.01)|13.6(1.79)|39.7 (2.56)|23.3(2.21)|20.5(2.11)
  High school completer ..............|  24.2 | 27.1(0.49)|31.9(0.45)|    7,305|52.1(1.01)|60.1(0.99)|45.0(1.01)|21.6(0.83)|14.9(0.72)|45.0 (1.01)|16.1(0.74)|28.3(0.91)
  Some college .......................|  42.8 | 46.0(0.71)|49.2(0.58)|    6,718|62.0(1.02)|71.4(0.95)|53.0(1.05)|29.3(0.96)|18.7(0.82)|58.2 (1.04)|10.6(0.65)|40.8(1.04)
  Associate's degree .................|  52.6 | 55.2(1.16)|56.9(0.86)|    3,326|64.8(1.43)|74.1(1.31)|53.5(1.49)|33.2(1.41)|22.1(1.24)|60.5 (1.46)| 9.9(0.90)|43.7(1.49)
  Bachelor's degree ..................|  69.8 | 74.3(0.65)|82.5(0.39)|   11,787|77.6(0.66)|88.4(0.51)|68.0(0.74)|40.4(0.78)|25.6(0.69)|76.9 (0.67)| 2.6(0.25)|61.7(0.77)
  Master's degree ....................|  75.4 | 79.8(1.05)|88.0(0.57)|    4,186|78.7(1.09)|92.1(0.72)|69.0(1.23)|44.9(1.33)|26.8(1.18)|83.5 (0.99)| 1.3(0.31)|66.2(1.26)
  Doctor's or professional degree ....|  66.5 | 73.4(1.43)|85.5(0.78)|    2,559|70.9(1.55)|88.9(1.08)|66.5(1.61)|38.7(1.66)|21.7(1.41)|80.1 (1.36)| 2.5(0.53)|58.5(1.68)
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Female ...............................|  52.4 | 56.5(0.32)|62.5(0.24)|   39,594|61.7(0.42)|73.3(0.38)|55.5(0.43)|26.0(0.38)|11.8(0.28)|69.8 (0.40)| 8.6(0.24)|42.2(0.43)
  Not high school completer ..........|  12.5 | 15.4(0.80)|21.0(0.83)|    1,054|43.7(2.64)|50.7(2.66)|41.4(2.62)|12.4(1.75)| 9.7(1.58)|46.8 (2.66)|19.8(2.12)|22.3(2.21)
  High school completer ..............|  45.2 | 46.9(0.56)|50.7(0.47)|    9,609|54.2(0.88)|62.4(0.85)|49.7(0.88)|16.2(0.65)| 9.5(0.52)|58.0 (0.87)|13.4(0.60)|30.1(0.81)
  Some college .......................|  58.6 | 61.5(0.68)|62.4(0.52)|    8,341|61.2(0.92)|69.3(0.87)|54.2(0.94)|22.2(0.79)|11.1(0.59)|66.0 (0.90)| 9.6(0.56)|38.5(0.92)
  Associate's degree .................|  63.7 | 65.4(0.99)|68.3(0.70)|    4,487|58.4(1.27)|70.0(1.18)|55.1(1.28)|20.7(1.05)|10.4(0.79)|64.2 (1.24)| 9.9(0.77)|36.9(1.24)
  Bachelor's degree ..................|  67.6 | 73.5(0.67)|81.5(0.40)|   10,752|68.7(0.77)|82.6(0.63)|60.1(0.82)|34.1(0.79)|14.0(0.58)|79.2 (0.68)| 4.9(0.36)|52.5(0.83)
  Master's degree ....................|  66.5 | 77.5(1.10)|86.3(0.58)|    4,106|68.9(1.25)|87.7(0.88)|60.7(1.32)|41.7(1.33)|13.9(0.93)|87.7 (0.89)| 2.3(0.41)|58.0(1.33)
  Doctor's or professional degree ....|  68.2 | 77.6(2.06)|85.1(1.09)|    1,244|64.5(2.34)|86.2(1.69)|65.3(2.33)|34.9(2.34)|14.3(1.72)|85.0 (1.75)| 3.9(0.95)|53.6(2.44)
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Race/ethnicity                        |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
White, non-Hispanic ..................|  48.7 | 53.8(0.28)|61.6(0.21)|   59,806|65.5(0.34)|76.6(0.30)|56.7(0.35)|30.7(0.33)|16.0(0.26)|68.6 (0.33)| 7.8(0.19)|46.2(0.35)
Black, non-Hispanic ..................|  36.2 | 40.0(0.74)|46.5(0.61)|    6,556|55.4(1.09)|67.8(1.02)|56.8(1.08)|24.2(0.94)|16.7(0.82)|61.7 (1.06)|11.6(0.70)|38.0(1.06)
Hispanic .............................|  29.3 | 30.2(0.80)|31.2(0.61)|    5,421|58.9(1.32)|68.1(1.25)|56.5(1.33)|24.8(1.16)|15.6(0.97)|63.0 (1.29)|10.4(0.82)|39.6(1.31)
Other ................................|   --- | ---   (†) |59.4(0.86)|    4,786|68.7(1.32)|79.2(1.16)|60.9(1.39)|31.3(1.32)|22.9(1.20)|71.1 (1.29)| 6.6(0.71)|51.0(1.43)
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Occupational group                    |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Management, business, and financial ..| (\2\) |(\2\)(\2\) |80.8(0.36)|   15,840|79.8(0.55)|88.0(0.45)|69.1(0.63)|35.8(0.66)|18.5(0.53)|79.9 (0.55)| 2.8(0.23)|61.3(0.67)
Professional and related occupations .| (\2\) |(\2\)(\2\) |78.8(0.31)|   22,517|64.4(0.55)|81.9(0.44)|58.7(0.57)|38.9(0.56)|22.1(0.48)|74.8 (0.50)| 5.2(0.25)|51.8(0.58)
Service occupations ..................|   23.2| 26.4(0.51)|28.2(0.48)|    5,898|48.8(1.12)|58.4(1.11)|48.9(1.12)|20.0(0.90)|12.0(0.73)|55.3 (1.12)|15.7(0.82)|29.7(1.03)
Sales and related occupations ........|   44.5| 51.7(0.68)|61.1(0.53)|    9,464|61.4(0.86)|73.0(0.79)|53.6(0.89)|26.4(0.78)|11.7(0.57)|60.9 (0.87)|11.5(0.57)|41.0(0.87)
Office and administrative support ....| (\2\) |(\2\)(\2\) |73.9(0.41)|   14,206|63.2(0.70)|70.4(0.66)|54.4(0.72)|19.3(0.57)|11.5(0.46)|66.0 (0.69)| 8.5(0.40)|37.5(0.70)
Farming, fishing, and forestry .......|    7.9|  8.6(0.80)|10.8(1.46)|      132|55.5(7.49)|57.7(7.44)|42.2(7.44)|20.7(6.10)| 6.5(3.71)|55.3 (7.49)| 9.4(4.39)|26.1(6.61)
Construction and extraction ..........|   16.4| 18.7(0.73)|19.0(0.68)|    1,585|56.7(2.15)|66.0(2.06)|44.0(2.15)|25.8(1.90)|12.7(1.44)|61.1 (2.12)| 9.9(1.30)|31.8(2.02)
Installation, maintenance, and repair |   11.7| 12.6(0.79)|42.0(0.98)|    2,229|50.8(1.83)|61.4(1.78)|44.5(1.82)|21.1(1.49)|18.3(1.41)|44.4 (1.82)|17.9(1.40)|29.7(1.67)
Production occupations ...............|   21.8| 23.7(0.60)|29.6(0.70)|    2,869|52.4(1.61)|54.9(1.61)|43.0(1.60)|26.0(1.41)|14.9(1.15)|42.0 (1.59)|17.4(1.22)|27.5(1.44)
Transportation and material moving ...|   11.8| 15.1(0.80)|22.1(0.71)|    1,830|46.4(2.01)|51.5(2.02)|43.4(2.00)|14.5(1.42)|11.2(1.27)|40.1 (1.98)|23.1(1.70)|21.7(1.66)
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Family income\3\                      |       |           |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |
Less than $20,000 ....................|  25.1 | 26.7(0.51)|30.1(0.62)|    3,814|51.6(1.40)|60.1(1.37)|44.2(1.39)|22.6(1.17)|14.0(0.97)|54.9 (1.39)|16.0(1.03)|30.6(1.29)
$20,000 to $29,999 ...................|  38.4 | 38.4(0.61)|38.8(0.63)|    4,944|56.6(1.22)|63.2(1.18)|46.8(1.23)|21.4(1.01)|12.9(0.82)|59.4 (1.21)|12.8(0.82)|32.0(1.15)
$30,000 to $39,999 ...................|  45.7 | 45.8(0.62)|47.0(0.59)|    6,775|57.5(1.04)|68.0(0.98)|49.9(1.05)|23.5(0.89)|13.4(0.72)|61.0 (1.02)|12.0(0.68)|36.5(1.01)
$40,000 to $49,999 ...................|  51.9 | 52.3(0.71)|54.3(0.64)|    6,290|61.6(1.06)|70.9(0.99)|52.9(1.09)|26.6(0.96)|14.4(0.76)|63.9 (1.05)| 9.8(0.65)|39.3(1.06)
$50,000 to $74,999 ...................|  60.6 | 59.9(0.50)|62.2(0.41)|   16,195|63.6(0.65)|74.8(0.59)|56.1(0.67)|28.5(0.61)|16.5(0.50)|65.4 (0.65)| 8.3(0.38)|43.6(0.67)
$75,000 or more ......................|  65.9 | 69.7(0.51)|75.0(0.30)|   26,732|72.4(0.47)|84.3(0.38)|64.3(0.51)|36.4(0.51)|19.2(0.42)|76.4 (0.45)| 4.5(0.22)|56.3(0.52)
______________________________________|_______|___________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\1\Individuals may be counted in more than one computer activity.
\2\Due to changes in occupational definitions, older data are not comparable to 2003.
\3\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, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, October 1993, October 1997, and October 2003, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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