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Possible indicators for this dimension are:

CHARACTERISTIC: ICT Infrastructure and Access

INDICATORS:

• Internet services: number of ISPs, POPs and access lines by broad region
  Source:
  ABS Internet Activity Survey
• Number of Internet hosts (computers connected to the Internet ) per capita
• The price of Internet access and use compared to other countries
• Number of telecommunication access paths (total fixed access lines and mobile subscribers) per capita
  Source:
  OECD Communications Outlook
• Broadband penetration rates, (number of DSL and cable modem lines) per capita
• Proportion of subscribers with broadband access (DSL and cable modems)
  Source:
  OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard
• Proportion of households reporting particular barriers to access to computers and the Internet
• Access to the Internet via public libraries, proportion of individuals accessing the Internet
  Source:
  ABS Household Use of Information Technology
• Public Libraries offering technology facilities
  Source:
  ABS Libraries, Museums and the Arts
• Household expenditure on ICT goods and services
  Source:
  ABS Household Expenditure Survey

• Proportion of households with access to a computer by type of household, income, broad region (metropolitan/non-metropolitan)
• Proportion of households with access to a mobile phone by type of household, income, broad region (metropolitan/non-metropolitan)
• Proportion of households with access to the Internet by type of household, income, broad region (metropolitan/non-metropolitan)
• Proportion of individuals accessing the Internet by age, sex, occupation, level of education, and broad region
• Proportion of individuals using the Internet for particular activities and purposes, including accessing government services
  Source:
  ABS Household Use of Information Technology
• Number of household ISP subscribers by broad region
• Volume of data downloaded by household ISP subscribers
  Source:
  ABS Internet Activity Survey
• Proportion of individuals accessing a computer by age, sex, occupation, level of education and broad region
• Proportion of children using a computer or the Internet at school, by age, sex and broad region
• Proportion of teachers using a computer or the Internet, by age, sex and broad region
  Source:
  ABS Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities
  ABS Population and Housing (Census of)

• Proportion of businesses and farms with computers, web sites, Internet access, by business/farm size
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology Survey - Business Enterprises
  ABS Use of Information Technology on Farms, Australia
• Proportion of businesses with Internet access, by broad industry group
• Barriers to Internet use by businesses
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology Survey - Business Enterprises
• Number of non-household (includes business and government) ISP subscribers
  Source:
  ABS Internet Activity Survey
• Government expenditure on ICT, as a proportion of total expenditure, by organisation type
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology Survey - General Government
• Business expenditure on ICT
  Source:
  OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard

• Proportion of businesses purchasing or selling via the Internet, by broad industry group
• Proportion of business income attributable to selling goods or services over the Internet, by business size
• Business perceptions of the impact of Internet selling on the business
• Business perceptions of the benefits of Internet purchasing to the business
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology Survey - Business Enterprises
• Proportion of individuals using the Internet to purchase goods and services, by value of purchases
• Barriers to Internet purchasing by individuals
  Source:
  ABS Household Use of Information Technology
• Number of secure web servers (those encrypted for the security of on-line transactions) per capita
  Source:
  OECD Communications Outlook

• ICT workers as a changing proportion of the labour force
  Source:
  OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard
  ABS Labour Force
• Lack of skills as a constraint to business and individual use of computers and the Internet
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology Survey - Business Enterprises
  ABS Household Use of Information Technology

• ICT sector revenue by broad industry group
• ICT sector proportion of total business employment
• Production of ICT goods and services by broad commodity group
• Trade in ICT goods and services by broad commodity group
  Source:
  ABS Information Technology and Telecommunications Survey - Producers
• ICT sector proportion of total business value added
  Source:
  ABS Australian National Accounts:
• R&D performed by the ICT sector as a share of total business R&D
• R&D expenditure on ICT, by sector.
  Source:
  ABS Research and Experimental Development - Businesses (Survey of)
• ICT patents, proportion of total resident patent applications
  Source:
  IPAustralia
• Capital expenditure by the ICT sector as a proportion of total business capital expenditure
  Source:
  ABS Economic Activity Survey

• Limited data available on business ICT expenditure, including software
• Lack of data on use of ICT and electronic services offered, by government organisations
• Lack of data on ICT expenditure and use by the education sector
• Insufficient data on ICT skill levels and shortages
• Lack of data on networks other than the Internet

• Various indicators on education standards and expenditure (Human capital).