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CHARACTERISTIC: BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT USE OF ICT AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES USING IT(a)
(a) Proportions are of businesses in scope of the survey (that is mainly employing businesses in most industries). See Publication Explanatory notes for more information. Source: ABS Business Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2002–03 (cat. no. 8129.0). AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES USING IT Source: ABS Business Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2002–03 (cat. no. 8129.0). A strong relationship exists between the size of a business and the likelihood that the business is using IT. As employment and income size increase, so do the proportion of Australian businesses making use of IT. By June 2003, all large businesses (those employing 100 or more persons) used computers (100%) and had access to the Internet (99%), while 80% had a web presence. In contrast, very small businesses (those employing fewer than 5 persons) had a lower level of IT adoption; 78% used computers, 65% had access to the Internet and only 15% had a web presence. AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES USING IT(a), By business size, June 2003
(b) While the scope of the survey was employing businesses, it is likely that a small number of non-employers were included. Source: ABS Business Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2002–03 (cat. no. 8129.0). STATISTICAL NOTES Data are from the ABS annual Business Use of Information Technology Survey. Please see the Explanatory Notes of cat. no. 8129.0 for further information on the survey including scope, methodology, data quality, concepts and definitions. Computer Includes personal computers (PCs), laptops, notebooks, mainframes and mini-computers. Internet A world-wide collection of computers which are linked together to form a repository of stored information and to provide a range of communication services. These services include, but are not limited to, the World Wide Web (WWW), email and extranet. Web presence Includes a web site, home page or a presence on another entity's web site. A web site or home page is an electronic document that is accessed via a unique address on the World Wide Web. The document provides information in a textual, graphical or multimedia format. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNET PENETRATION BY SIZE, 2001(a)(b)
(a) At the start of 2001 (except for Australia, where it is as at 30 June 2001). (b) Proportion of businesses using the Internet in each size class (by number of employees). (c) Businesses with 50 or more employees, 50–99 employees instead of 50–249 and 100 or more employees instead of 250 or more. Source: OECD, ICT database and Eurostat, E-Commerce Pilot Survey 2001, August 2002 Measuring the Information Economy 2002 (http://www.oecd.org). BUSINESSES WITH INTERNET ACCESS, 2001(a)(b)
Source: OECD, ICT database and Eurostat, E-Commerce Pilot Survey 2001, August 2002 Measuring the Information Economy 2002 (http://www.oecd.org). BUSINESSES WITH OWN AND THIRD-PARTY WEB SITES, 2001(a)(b)
(a) At the start of 2001 (except for Australia, where it is as at 30 June 2001). (b) Percentage of businesses with ten or more employees. (c) Data for own web site includes businesses with only a third party web site. Source: OECD, ICT database and Eurostat, E-Commerce Pilot Survey 2001, August 2002 Measuring the Information Economy 2002 (http://www.oecd.org). STATISTICAL NOTES Information on business use of ICT is provided to the OECD by National Statistical Organisations. Issues for international comparability include differences in the timing and scope (in particular industry and size) of national surveys. The table presented above has had scope differences due to size removed. Users should note that statistics on ICT use may differ because of differences in the composition of businesses between countries.
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