Table C. USE OF COMPUTERS AT HOME AND SCHOOL BY PERSONS 3 TO 17 YEARS OLD: OCTOBER 1993 (Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional population.) *Percent* ******Uses Computer****** at home at school Uses With comp- comp- % of uter uter with % of All any- at comp- enrol- Characteristics Persons where home Number uter Number led 3 to 17 years 55,827 58.5 31.9 12,527 74.7 28,848 60.6 3 years 4,053 9.6 25.1 305 32.7 117 11.2 4 years 4,044 15.8 25.2 426 46.5 291 13.9 5 years 3,857 40.3 25.8 567 61.8 1,263 37.3 6 years 3,794 57.9 29.5 726 69.0 1,974 54.9 7 years 3,842 66.2 29.0 786 75.6 2,368 64.9 8 years 3,727 74.0 30.2 858 79.4 2,619 72.7 9 years 3,705 74.8 31.3 936 84.8 2,625 73.8 10 years 3,772 76.8 33.8 950 79.0 2,757 76.9 11 years 3,806 74.3 33.6 1,022 84.0 2,652 72.9 12 years 3,593 71.3 34.4 1,005 85.2 2,345 67.9 13 years 3,798 71.7 36.8 1,115 84.8 2,412 66.5 14 years 3,590 66.6 36.8 1,023 82.4 2,044 60.7 15 years 3,502 63.8 36.6 979 80.0 1,904 59.4 16 years 3,465 63.0 36.1 939 79.1 1,813 58.9 17 years 3,280 60.8 37.9 892 76.1 1,664 60.6 RACE White 44,242 61.4 35.8 11,248 75.3 23,799 62.7 Black 8,836 45.6 13.0 721 67.3 3,786 50.9 Other 2,749 52.7 31.1 558 72.2 1,263 56.8 HISPANIC ORIGIN Hispanic 6,569 45.5 12.1 459 68.4 2,829 52.7 Not Hispanic 49,257 60.2 34.6 12,068 74.9 26,018 61.6 GENDER Male 28,602 58.3 31.5 6,385 75.1 14,766 60.3 Female 27,224 58.7 32.4 6,143 74.2 14,081 60.8 HOUSEHOLD TYPE Married couple 40,057 62.3 38.3 10,981 75.8 21,590 62.6 Female househlde 12,741 48.6 13.9 1,095 65.5 5,904 55.2 Male househlder 3,000 50.0 23.2 452 72.2 1,337 55.5 USES COMPUTER At home 12,527 100.0 100.0 12,527 100.0 8,716 72.2 REGION Northeast 10,377 58.5 35.3 2,593 76.8 5,275 59.9 Midwest 13,897 61.1 32.5 3,196 74.2 7,608 63.8 South 18,958 57.2 26.9 3,593 74.2 9,779 60.3 West 12,595 57.7 36.1 3,145 74.0 6,187 57.9 EDUCATION OF HOUSEHOLDER Less than 9th gr 3,660 40.3 5.7 93 60.6 1,438 48.3 9th to 11th grad 6,413 46.7 8.7 332 66.9 2,870 55.6 High school grad 19,014 54.5 20.7 2,625 71.1 9,579 59.1 Some coll./assoc 14,292 61.9 37.4 3,747 74.3 7,670 62.2 Bachelors + 12,418 72.2 62.7 5,731 77.5 7,274 66.6 EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HOUSEHOLDER Employed 45,484 61.3 35.6 11,540 75.5 24,329 62.0 Full-time (& AF) 42,388 61.6 36.3 10,955 75.4 22,769 62.2 Part-time 3,096 56.1 26.2 585 77.0 1,561 59.6 Unemployed 2,592 52.7 19.1 318 70.3 1,286 58.9 Not labor force 7,723 44.1 14.9 669 64.1 3,216 51.8 FAMILY INCOME Lss than $10,000 7,813 42.6 5.6 242 61.5 3,272 52.3 $10,000 - 14,999 5,183 48.2 10.7 279 52.2 2,419 56.6 $15,000 - 19,999 3,760 52.9 16.2 370 66.2 1,890 60.3 $20,000 - 24,999 4,531 52.9 19.0 583 69.9 2,210 57.0 $25,000 - 34,999 8,180 59.0 27.4 1,557 73.8 4,331 62.1 $35,000 - 49,999 9,593 63.5 37.5 2,591 76.3 5,289 62.5 $50,000 - 74,999 8,395 71.8 55.8 3,476 77.5 4,892 65.0 $75,000 and over 5,136 76.4 75.2 2,862 79.0 3,142 67.7 Income not repor 3,236 48.5 30.6 567 67.4 1,402 56.4 HOUSEHOLD SIZE 1-3 persons 11,791 55.4 24.4 2,061 76.5 5,851 59.1 4-5 persons 33,805 61.0 35.6 8,751 76.5 17,998 61.6 6-7 persons 8,104 56.3 28.9 1,429 67.2 4,142 60.8 8+ persons 2,127 45.2 26.9 286 54.7 856 50.0 OCCUPATION OF HOUSEHOLDER Manag. & profes 12,887 71.0 59.3 5,676 78.3 7,468 65.8 Tech.sales.admin 10,884 59.8 35.4 2,575 70.8 5,698 60.4 Service 5,313 52.1 16.7 639 74.9 2,582 57.7 Prec.prod. craft 8,527 58.3 26.7 1,586 74.8 4,445 61.7 Operators, labor 8,721 54.8 15.7 921 72.9 4,502 60.5 Farm,forest,fish 1,745 54.4 22.0 274 78.3 886 61.2 Nevrwork/NILF/AF 7,722 45.5 18.3 857 65.7 3,250 51.9 INDUSTRY OF HOUSEHOLDER Agriculture 1,572 56.1 23.6 261 74.5 817 61.7 Mining 561 64.6 34.5 150 82.0 315 62.8 Construction 4,510 59.1 26.0 797 72.9 2,446 64.7 Manufacturing 10,537 60.2 33.0 2,535 76.8 5,508 60.8 Trans,comm, util 4,410 62.3 35.4 1,124 76.2 2,397 62.1 Wholesale/retail 7,999 57.5 27.4 1,420 69.5 4,179 61.3 Finance,insuranc 2,358 63.5 48.0 774 73.0 1,263 62.5 Services 13,405 62.0 39.1 3,775 76.5 7,179 61.8 Forest/fisheries 72 37.0 17.6 2 (B) 26 (B) Public administr 2,652 64.2 40.2 832 80.9 1,450 62.1 Nevrwork/NILF/AF 7,722 45.5 18.3 857 65.7 3,250 51.9 *"Uses computer anywhere" = uses computer at home, and/or at school. *"With computer at home" = there is a computer in the household. 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