1377.0 - Measures of a Knowledge-based Economy and Society, Australia, 2003

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CHARACTERISTIC: ICT SKILL BASE

INDICATOR: Lack of skills as a constraint to household use of computers and the Internet

For households, lack of skills as a constraint to use of computers and the Internet was less important than other barriers. More important reasons for not having a computer or Internet access were that they were not suited/there was no need for them. For instance, 23% of households without a computer reported the main reason as 'no need for a computer'.

LACK OF SKILLS AS A CONSTRAINT TO USE OF COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET


	Constraint reported	Year	Computers	Internet
			%	%


Households(a)	No-one in household knows how to use a computer/the Internet; lack of confidence/skills with computer(b)	2000	7	7
		2001	8	7
		2002	11	10

(a) Proportion is of households without a home computer/without access to the Internet. As with businesses, only the main reason was reported.
(b) In respect of Internet access, the person responding for the household was offered two skills related reasons for not having access to the Internet at home: 'no-one in household knows how to use the Internet' and 'lack of confidence/skills with computer'. Responses against these two reasons have been aggregated for the purposes of this indicator. In respect of having a computer, the person responding for the household was offered one skills related reason, that is 'no-one in household knows how to use a computer'.
Source:ABS Household Use of Information Technology, Australia (cat. no. 8146.0)

STATISTICAL NOTES

Household data are from the ABS Household Use of Information Technology Survey. Up to 2000 data was collected as part of the ABS Population Survey Monitor (PSM) in 2001 as part of the Survey of Education, Training and Information Technology (SETIT) and in 2002 as part of the General Social Survey (GSS).

Computer

In the Household Use of Information Technology Survey, a computer includes desktop computers, laptops, notebooks, items such as pocket computers or 'personal organisers' which can be plugged into larger computers and dedicated word processors. Games machines were excluded from the 2000 survey as were machines where repair or restoration to working order was not being planned.

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.

Household
A household is defined as a group of one or more persons in a private dwelling who consider themselves to be separate from other persons in the dwelling, and who make regular provisions to take meals separately from those other persons. Lodgers who receive accommodation and meals are not treated as separate households. A household may consist of any number of family and non-family members.