Monday, August 15, 2005
Information Economy:
"Published: August 15, 2005
(After August 23, 2005, this article will only be available to eStat Database subscribers.)
As of October 2003, 77 million people used a computer at work, accounting for 55.5% of America's total workforce, according to new statistics released by the US Department of Labor.
The workforce data provide new evidence that the Information Age has become a fact, transforming the way workers do their jobs and the way business is conducted.
Women were found to be more likely than men to use a computer. Computer-use rates for women and men were 61.8% and 49.9%, respectively.
The higher level of computer use among women reflects their occupational categories. For instance, two categories — 'management and professional' and 'sales and office' — account for nearly three-fourths of employed women. The computer-use rate for women in these two occupations combined was 74.8%.
In contrast, nearly two-fifths of men are employed in two general categories — 'natural resources, construction, and maintenance' and 'production, transportation, and material moving' — in which combined computer-use rates is only 26%.
The study found that approximately two of every five US workers are online on the job. In fact, the most commonly reported task for the 77 million workers who used a computer at work was accessing the Internet or using e-mail.
As with computer use, women were more likely than men to work online. The Internet-use rate for women was 45.1%, compared with 38.7% for men.
Other findings from the report include:
* Asians were more likely than other groups to use a computer and the Internet at work.
* The likelihood of computer and Internet use at work is greater for workers with more education.
* Slightly more than 1 in every 10 individuals in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over reported that they had used the Internet between January and October 2003 to search for a job."
"Published: August 15, 2005
(After August 23, 2005, this article will only be available to eStat Database subscribers.)
As of October 2003, 77 million people used a computer at work, accounting for 55.5% of America's total workforce, according to new statistics released by the US Department of Labor.
The workforce data provide new evidence that the Information Age has become a fact, transforming the way workers do their jobs and the way business is conducted.
Women were found to be more likely than men to use a computer. Computer-use rates for women and men were 61.8% and 49.9%, respectively.
The higher level of computer use among women reflects their occupational categories. For instance, two categories — 'management and professional' and 'sales and office' — account for nearly three-fourths of employed women. The computer-use rate for women in these two occupations combined was 74.8%.
In contrast, nearly two-fifths of men are employed in two general categories — 'natural resources, construction, and maintenance' and 'production, transportation, and material moving' — in which combined computer-use rates is only 26%.
The study found that approximately two of every five US workers are online on the job. In fact, the most commonly reported task for the 77 million workers who used a computer at work was accessing the Internet or using e-mail.
As with computer use, women were more likely than men to work online. The Internet-use rate for women was 45.1%, compared with 38.7% for men.
Other findings from the report include:
* Asians were more likely than other groups to use a computer and the Internet at work.
* The likelihood of computer and Internet use at work is greater for workers with more education.
* Slightly more than 1 in every 10 individuals in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over reported that they had used the Internet between January and October 2003 to search for a job."
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