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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

US Census Bureau says PC and net use has increased

The US Census Bureau has just published data for October 2003 in its Current Population Survey (CPS) Reports series. Basically, you're more likely to have a home PC if you are rich, well educated and white or Asian. Home PC ownership is lower in households that are not well educated (less than high school graduate), poor (earning less than $20,000 a year), or "black alone or Hispanic", according to Table 1C.

But as the Hindustan Times noted, "Asians as a bloc top the chart of 'digital haves'."

However, home computing is no longer just a man's game. In its short report, A Window on Ourselves, The Washingon Post notes that "in 1984, 63.1% of men who had a home computer used it; only 42.8% of women did. In 2003, more women (83.5%) than men (81.5%) used their home computers."

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