The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey has been conducted for more than 50 years. Data on computers and Internet use have been asked sporadically since 1984 in the CPS.
For CPS definitions and explanations, visit the Current Population Survey Web site.
Other Technical and Analytic Reports
The Growing Use of Computers
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(Statistical Brief 91-11)
Who Uses a Computer?
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(Statistical Brief 88-2)
Related Papers and Presentations
Access Denied: Changes in Computer Ownership and Use: 1984-1997
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, by Robert Kominski and Eric Newburger. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 1999.
Computer Use in the United States: The Bureau of the Census Surveys
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, by Robert Kominski. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-29, 1992.