Student use of computers, by level of enrollment, age, and student and school characteristics: 1993, 1997, and 2003

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Table 420.
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                       |               1993               |               1997                |                                 2003
                       |__________________________________|___________________________________|_____________________________________________________________________________
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |                    Elementary and secondary\1\        |
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |_______________________________________________________|
                       |          |  Elementary|          |          |  Elementary|           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Student and school     |          |         and|          |          |         and|           |          |          |          |    5 to 9|  10 to 14|   15 years|
characteristic         |     Total|secondary\1\|College\2\|     Total|secondary\1\| College\2\|     Total|     Total|   Under 5|     years|     years|old or over|College\2\
_______________________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
1                      |         2|           3|         4|         5|           6|          7|         8|         9|        10|        11|        12|         13|        14
_______________________|__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
                       |                                                             Percent of students using computers at school
                       |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     Total ............|59.0(0.32)|60.1  (0.38)|54.7(0.71)|68.8(0.27)|70.4  (0.32)|62.9 (0.60)|83.8(0.20)|83.5(0.24)|42.6(1.14)|80.1(0.45)|90.3(0.32)|91.2 (0.35)|84.9(0.41)
                       |__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
Sex                    |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Male ................|59.4(0.44)|59.9  (0.53)|57.4(1.04)|70.1(0.37)|71.0  (0.44)|66.3 (0.88)|83.7(0.28)|83.4(0.34)|43.5(1.57)|79.7(0.64)|90.1(0.45)|91.8 (0.47)|85.3(0.60)
  Female ..............|58.7(0.45)|60.5  (0.54)|52.4(0.96)|67.6(0.38)|69.9  (0.46)|60.2 (0.81)|83.8(0.28)|83.5(0.35)|41.5(1.66)|80.7(0.64)|90.6(0.45)|90.5 (0.53)|84.6(0.55)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Race/ethnicity         |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  White, non-Hispanic .|61.6(0.37)|63.8  (0.45)|54.0(0.81)|71.1(0.32)|73.9  (0.38)|62.1 (0.70)|85.0(0.24)|84.9(0.30)|41.1(1.44)|82.5(0.56)|92.4(0.37)|91.9 (0.43)|85.0(0.49)
  Black, non-Hispanic .|51.5(0.98)|50.6  (0.98)|57.0(2.54)|66.3(0.74)|66.1  (0.75)|66.8 (1.78)|82.7(0.56)|82.5(0.67)|49.4(3.18)|78.5(1.30)|88.0(0.95)|89.9 (1.01)|83.8(1.25)
  Hispanic ............|52.3(1.50)|52.3  (1.16)|52.1(4.06)|61.5(0.89)|61.3  (0.69)|62.6 (2.38)|80.3(0.60)|79.8(0.71)|39.5(3.22)|75.6(1.27)|86.8(1.01)|88.5 (1.10)|83.0(1.50)
  Other ...............|59.0(2.24)|57.7  (2.50)|62.7(4.20)|65.3(1.32)|65.6  (1.45)|64.6 (2.56)|83.3(0.77)|81.7(1.01)|48.9(4.78)|76.3(1.89)|86.1(1.54)|94.1 (1.20)|87.6(1.30)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Family income\3\       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Less than $5,000 ....|51.2(1.32)|48.1  (1.50)|62.4(2.73)|62.1(1.21)|61.6  (1.41)|63.4 (2.36)|80.9(1.87)|79.5(2.31)|42.4(9.47)|78.3(3.82)|86.9(3.39)|86.5 (4.37)|83.8(3.12)
  $5,000 to $9,999 ....|53.3(1.06)|53.1  (1.17)|54.3(2.51)|63.5(1.02)|61.9  (1.14)|70.4 (2.20)|84.4(1.43)|82.4(1.74)|49.2(7.71)|77.8(3.30)|91.3(2.18)|88.3 (3.04)|90.1(2.35)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ..|56.4(1.03)|56.7  (1.13)|55.1(2.50)|66.2(0.96)|66.4  (1.06)|65.2 (2.26)|81.7(1.37)|80.0(1.61)|50.1(7.20)|74.1(3.11)|84.6(2.41)|90.4 (2.40)|88.0(2.48)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ..|58.1(1.18)|59.4  (1.30)|52.3(2.77)|65.9(1.10)|66.5  (1.21)|63.2 (2.72)|81.3(1.57)|79.8(1.84)|26.6(7.08)|77.0(3.27)|89.1(2.38)|89.2 (3.09)|86.7(2.92)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ..|56.4(1.07)|56.3  (1.18)|56.6(2.58)|66.9(0.99)|67.5  (1.10)|64.3 (2.24)|81.3(1.41)|80.3(1.61)|43.7(7.03)|73.0(3.00)|88.9(2.16)|92.6 (2.31)|85.3(2.81)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ..|60.0(1.13)|61.9  (1.25)|52.4(2.61)|68.5(1.01)|70.4  (1.11)|61.2 (2.37)|81.9(1.32)|81.3(1.48)|35.6(7.03)|78.0(2.66)|87.0(2.21)|90.8 (2.21)|84.4(2.90)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ..|59.1(1.08)|61.3  (1.20)|50.5(2.46)|67.6(0.97)|71.0  (1.05)|53.9 (2.31)|82.2(1.33)|82.5(1.46)|40.1(7.16)|78.5(2.67)|90.6(1.86)|88.8 (2.59)|80.9(3.17)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ..|60.7(1.11)|63.3  (1.21)|49.0(2.67)|69.0(0.98)|71.1  (1.08)|60.4 (2.35)|87.1(1.17)|87.5(1.30)|54.8(7.43)|85.2(2.37)|94.0(1.53)|90.4 (2.48)|85.7(2.69)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ..|59.3(0.94)|60.8  (1.04)|53.1(2.12)|70.5(0.79)|72.6  (0.85)|60.9 (1.99)|83.5(1.08)|84.2(1.18)|47.1(6.20)|80.0(2.29)|90.8(1.56)|90.3 (1.94)|80.4(2.63)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ..|62.6(0.73)|64.9  (0.82)|55.0(1.58)|71.7(0.57)|74.2  (0.63)|63.2 (1.28)|83.8(0.71)|84.0(0.80)|35.7(3.64)|80.5(1.53)|92.6(0.94)|92.4 (1.21)|83.1(1.56)
  $75,000 or more .....|64.6(0.90)|67.0  (1.04)|58.2(1.78)|72.1(0.60)|75.1  (0.68)|63.9 (1.25)|85.6(0.57)|85.6(0.65)|39.2(2.98)|85.3(1.15)|92.7(0.81)|93.2 (0.96)|85.8(1.16)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Control of school      |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Public ..............|60.2(0.34)|61.6  (0.40)|54.0(0.80)|70.2(0.28)|72.1  (0.33)|62.3 (0.68)|85.2(0.21)|85.4(0.25)|47.7(1.61)|80.5(0.48)|90.5(0.34)|91.2 (0.36)|84.6(0.46)
  Private .............|52.1(0.85)|49.8  (1.10)|57.3(1.52)|60.7(0.73)|58.6  (0.96)|65.2 (1.27)|75.4(0.60)|70.5(0.82)|37.1(1.61)|77.5(1.33)|89.1(1.09)|90.5 (1.36)|86.1(0.85)
                       |__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
                       |                                                           Percent of students using computers at home
                       |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Total ..............|27.0(0.28)|24.5  (0.33)|36.2(0.65)|45.1(0.29)|42.8  (0.34)|53.2 (0.62)|70.7(0.24)|67.6(0.30)|49.9(1.16)|62.5(0.55)|71.6(0.49)|74.3 (0.54)|81.6(0.44)
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Sex                    |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Male ................|27.4(0.39)|24.3  (0.45)|40.1(0.99)|45.2(0.40)|43.2  (0.48)|53.7 (0.93)|70.1(0.35)|66.8(0.43)|50.2(1.59)|62.5(0.77)|70.2(0.70)|73.4 (0.76)|83.6(0.63)
  Female ..............|26.6(0.39)|24.7  (0.47)|33.0(0.87)|44.9(0.40)|42.5  (0.49)|52.8 (0.83)|71.2(0.34)|68.3(0.43)|49.6(1.69)|62.6(0.79)|73.0(0.69)|75.3 (0.77)|80.0(0.60)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Race/ethnicity         |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  White, non-Hispanic .|32.8(0.35)|30.8  (0.42)|39.2(0.76)|54.9(0.35)|53.9  (0.43)|58.2 (0.72)|80.1(0.27)|78.3(0.34)|59.6(1.43)|74.6(0.64)|81.8(0.54)|84.5 (0.57)|85.4(0.49)
  Black, non-Hispanic .|10.9(0.59)| 8.7  (0.54)|22.7(2.01)|21.1(0.64)|19.1  (0.62)|31.0 (1.75)|50.2(0.74)|46.2(0.88)|31.7(2.96)|41.6(1.55)|50.8(1.46)|49.6 (1.67)|67.5(1.59)
  Hispanic ............|10.4(0.90)| 7.9  (0.62)|25.0(3.31)|21.1(0.74)|18.3  (0.54)|38.8 (2.40)|51.1(0.76)|47.5(0.88)|25.8(2.88)|41.7(1.46)|52.5(1.48)|55.7 (1.72)|72.5(1.79)
  Other ...............|28.7(2.00)|25.8  (2.16)|36.0(3.99)|49.1(1.38)|46.5  (1.52)|56.3 (2.66)|74.6(0.91)|71.3(1.19)|57.5(4.73)|61.6(2.16)|75.7(1.90)|83.9 (1.88)|83.1(1.48)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Family income\3\       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Less than $5,000 ....| 9.7(0.76)| 4.3  (0.59)|28.3(2.43)|22.6(1.04)|15.2  (1.04)|43.7 (2.43)|44.1(2.36)|29.8(2.62)|20.5(7.74)|29.9(4.24)|29.5(4.58)|34.2 (6.07)|75.2(3.65)
  $5,000 to $9,999 ....| 8.0(0.56)| 4.2  (0.46)|25.0(2.08)|15.8(0.77)| 9.3  (0.68)|42.9 (2.39)|47.0(1.97)|36.6(2.20)|31.0(7.14)|30.7(3.66)|41.3(3.82)|40.1 (4.65)|77.7(3.27)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ..|11.4(0.64)| 6.7  (0.56)|33.4(2.26)|18.4(0.78)|13.6  (0.77)|39.7 (2.32)|47.0(1.77)|39.3(1.96)|36.4(6.93)|32.8(3.33)|43.2(3.31)|42.9 (4.03)|75.2(3.30)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ..|15.1(0.84)|11.2  (0.82)|31.0(2.44)|20.7(0.94)|16.5  (0.95)|41.2 (2.77)|48.3(2.02)|40.8(2.25)|16.5(5.95)|33.4(3.67)|49.1(3.82)|48.4 (4.97)|74.6(3.73)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ..|16.8(0.79)|13.6  (0.80)|31.0(2.27)|30.5(0.97)|26.2  (1.04)|47.5 (2.34)|53.1(1.80)|46.6(2.02)|27.1(6.29)|41.1(3.33)|52.5(3.43)|53.9 (4.39)|77.8(3.29)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ..|21.1(0.92)|19.1  (0.99)|29.0(2.28)|34.6(1.03)|32.0  (1.13)|45.0 (2.42)|59.0(1.69)|54.7(1.89)|40.6(7.21)|47.7(3.21)|59.5(3.22)|61.9 (3.72)|78.3(3.30)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ..|24.1(0.92)|22.6  (1.02)|29.7(2.15)|38.7(1.01)|36.1  (1.11)|49.2 (2.32)|64.2(1.66)|61.5(1.87)|41.4(7.19)|54.7(3.23)|64.9(3.04)|72.9 (3.66)|76.1(3.43)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ..|27.1(0.99)|24.9  (1.08)|36.1(2.44)|44.1(1.06)|42.6  (1.17)|50.5 (2.40)|70.0(1.60)|67.8(1.83)|49.0(7.46)|63.0(3.23)|71.9(2.91)|74.6 (3.66)|78.5(3.16)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ..|32.2(0.87)|31.6  (0.98)|34.4(1.92)|50.6(0.86)|50.4  (0.95)|51.7 (2.04)|75.9(1.25)|73.4(1.43)|54.6(6.18)|68.9(2.65)|77.5(2.24)|78.2 (2.70)|86.6(2.26)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ..|43.0(0.74)|42.9  (0.84)|43.5(1.52)|61.7(0.62)|62.2  (0.70)|59.9 (1.30)|81.3(0.75)|79.5(0.88)|58.9(3.74)|74.9(1.67)|83.8(1.33)|86.5 (1.56)|87.8(1.36)
  $75,000 or more .....|56.1(0.92)|58.1  (1.08)|50.9(1.74)|74.2(0.59)|77.2  (0.66)|65.8 (1.23)|88.6(0.51)|87.6(0.61)|66.1(2.89)|85.3(1.15)|91.0(0.89)|94.1 (0.90)|91.7(0.92)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Control of school      |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Public ..............|25.3(0.29)|23.0  (0.34)|34.5(0.73)|43.2(0.31)|40.9  (0.37)|52.4 (0.70)|69.3(0.27)|66.3(0.33)|41.1(1.58)|60.4(0.59)|70.1(0.52)|73.1 (0.57)|80.9(0.50)
  Private .............|37.4(0.80)|35.0  (1.03)|42.5(1.45)|56.1(0.75)|56.1  (0.97)|56.1 (1.32)|78.3(0.57)|75.6(0.77)|59.3(1.63)|77.3(1.34)|84.7(1.26)|89.3 (1.43)|84.1(0.90)
                       |__________|____________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|__________
                       |                                                   Percent of students using computers at home for school work
                       |____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Total ..............|14.8(0.22)|12.0  (0.25)|25.0(0.59)|28.6(0.26)|24.8  (0.30)|42.5 (0.61)|53.6(0.27)|47.2(0.32)| 7.5(0.61)|26.2(0.50)|60.9(0.53)|68.6 (0.57)|76.0(0.48)
                       |__________|___________ |__________|__________|___________ |___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|___________
Sex                    |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Male ................|14.7(0.31)|11.4  (0.34)|28.2(0.91)|28.3(0.37)|24.7  (0.42)|43.3 (0.92)|51.8(0.38)|45.6(0.45)| 7.5(0.83)|25.4(0.69)|58.5(0.75)|66.7 (0.81)|77.1(0.72)
  Female ..............|14.8(0.32)|12.5  (0.36)|22.4(0.77)|28.9(0.37)|24.9  (0.43)|41.9 (0.82)|55.4(0.37)|48.9(0.47)| 7.6(0.89)|27.1(0.72)|63.4(0.75)|70.8 (0.82)|75.2(0.65)
                       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
Race                   |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  White, non-Hispanic .|18.0(0.29)|15.1  (0.33)|27.4(0.70)|35.0(0.34)|31.3  (0.40)|47.0 (0.72)|60.4(0.33)|54.1(0.42)| 7.3(0.76)|29.1(0.67)|70.5(0.64)|78.9 (0.65)|79.8(0.55)
  Black, non-Hispanic .| 5.7(0.44)| 4.3  (0.39)|13.4(1.64)|12.5(0.51)|10.4  (0.48)|22.8 (1.59)|39.8(0.73)|34.6(0.84)| 8.2(1.75)|22.5(1.32)|43.7(1.45)|44.8 (1.66)|62.2(1.65)
  Hispanic ............| 5.6(0.68)| 3.6  (0.42)|17.8(2.92)|12.5(0.60)| 9.8  (0.42)|29.2 (2.24)|38.3(0.74)|33.5(0.83)| 6.7(1.65)|20.2(1.19)|42.6(1.47)|48.9 (1.73)|66.7(1.89)
  Other ...............|15.8(1.61)|12.4  (1.63)|24.5(3.57)|33.6(1.31)|29.3  (1.39)|45.3 (2.67)|57.2(1.03)|49.4(1.31)|10.3(2.91)|26.8(1.97)|60.9(2.16)|79.1 (2.08)|77.8(1.65)
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Family income\3\       |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Less than $5,000 ....| 6.6(0.64)| 2.4  (0.45)|21.1(2.20)|15.1(0.89)| 8.0  (0.79)|35.5 (2.35)|36.5(2.29)|19.4(2.27)| 4.2(3.83)|14.4(3.25)|22.7(4.21)|30.4 (5.88)|73.8(3.72)
  $5,000 to $9,999 ....| 4.7(0.44)| 1.5  (0.28)|18.8(1.88)|10.4(0.65)| 4.2  (0.47)|36.5 (2.32)|36.5(1.90)|24.1(1.96)| 4.0(3.01)|14.0(2.75)|32.3(3.62)|34.1 (4.49)|72.8(3.49)
  $10,000 to $14,999 ..| 7.2(0.52)| 3.0  (0.38)|27.1(2.14)|11.4(0.64)| 6.7  (0.56)|32.4 (2.22)|36.9(1.71)|27.1(1.78)|14.3(5.04)|14.4(2.49)|34.6(3.18)|36.8 (3.93)|72.2(3.42)
  $15,000 to $19,999 ..| 8.5(0.65)| 5.6  (0.60)|20.5(2.12)|13.2(0.79)| 8.5  (0.72)|36.0 (2.70)|37.2(1.95)|27.4(2.04)| 0.7(1.36)|10.8(2.42)|40.2(3.75)|42.9 (4.92)|71.5(3.87)
  $20,000 to $24,999 ..| 9.7(0.62)| 6.3  (0.57)|24.5(2.11)|19.4(0.83)|15.0  (0.84)|37.1 (2.26)|40.5(1.77)|31.9(1.89)| 8.2(3.89)|18.9(2.65)|40.7(3.38)|48.8 (4.40)|73.4(3.50)
  $25,000 to $29,999 ..|10.3(0.69)| 7.5  (0.66)|21.4(2.06)|21.9(0.90)|18.4  (0.94)|35.7 (2.33)|43.4(1.70)|36.9(1.84)| 8.3(4.05)|18.0(2.47)|48.9(3.28)|55.2 (3.81)|72.2(3.58)
  $30,000 to $34,999 ..|12.9(0.72)|10.8  (0.75)|20.8(1.91)|24.4(0.89)|20.3  (0.93)|40.5 (2.28)|46.8(1.73)|41.8(1.89)| 8.8(4.13)|20.4(2.61)|55.4(3.17)|64.1 (3.95)|69.0(3.73)
  $35,000 to $39,999 ..|15.2(0.80)|12.9  (0.83)|24.6(2.20)|26.5(0.94)|22.8  (0.99)|41.7 (2.37)|50.9(1.75)|45.5(1.96)| 7.0(3.82)|25.9(2.93)|58.4(3.19)|66.7 (3.96)|71.8(3.46)
  $40,000 to $49,999 ..|17.1(0.70)|15.4  (0.76)|23.3(1.71)|30.1(0.79)|28.3  (0.86)|38.5 (1.99)|56.9(1.44)|51.6(1.62)|12.9(4.16)|26.3(2.52)|67.6(2.51)|71.4 (2.95)|79.0(2.70)
  $50,000 to $74,999 ..|23.1(0.63)|21.4  (0.70)|28.7(1.38)|39.3(0.62)|36.7  (0.70)|48.2 (1.32)|60.9(0.94)|55.0(1.09)| 4.8(1.63)|30.2(1.77)|71.6(1.62)|81.0 (1.79)|82.4(1.58)
  $75,000 or more .....|30.2(0.85)|29.5  (1.00)|32.0(1.63)|48.3(0.67)|47.3  (0.78)|51.3 (1.30)|68.2(0.75)|62.8(0.89)| 6.5(1.51)|36.2(1.56)|83.6(1.15)|90.0 (1.14)|85.7(1.16)
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Control of school      |          |            |          |          |            |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |
  Public ..............|14.1(0.24)|11.7  (0.26)|24.1(0.66)|27.9(0.28)|24.5  (0.32)|41.9 (0.69)|53.4(0.29)|47.8(0.35)| 8.0(0.87)|25.4(0.53)|59.2(0.56)|67.5 (0.60)|75.1(0.55)
  Private .............|18.5(0.65)|13.8  (0.75)|28.5(1.33)|32.6(0.70)|26.9  (0.87)|44.6 (1.32)|54.7(0.69)|43.3(0.89)| 7.1(0.85)|32.3(1.50)|76.5(1.48)|83.3 (1.73)|79.3(1.00)
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\1\Includes students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade 12, ages 3 and above.
\2\Includes students enrolled at the undergraduate and postbaccalaureate levels.
\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 (CPS), October 1993, October 1997, and October 2003, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared May 2005.)
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