23-41    Persons Aged 10 and Over Having Used Personal Computer by Age/
Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status, 2000 - 2001
	2000			2001
	Number of			Number of
	persons	Percent	Rate+	Persons	Percent	Rate+
Age Group
10–14	303600	11.5	72.8	390200	12.9	90.8
15–24	713900	27.0	78.9	806700	26.7	88.0
25–34	755300	28.6	65.0	810900	26.9	73.6
35–44	633000	24.0	44.5	705600	23.4	52.0
45–54	194400	7.4	20.2	253300	8.4	26.2
55–64	35000	1.3	6.6	44200	1.5	8.8
65 and Over	4400	0.2	0.6	8900	0.3	1.2
Overall	2639700	100.0	43.1	3020000	100.0	50.3
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/Kindergarten/Primary	166800	6.3	8.4	268700	8.9	14.3
Secondary/Matriculation	1727000	65.4	52.3	1941500	64.3	60.0
Tertiary	745900	28.3	89.5	809800	26.8	91.1
Overall	2639700	100.0	43.1	3020000	100.0	50.3
Economic Activity Status
Economically Active	1795400	68.0	51.1	2027900	67.1	57.8
Economically Inactive	844300	32.0	32.3	992100	32.9	39.7
Students	714300	27.1	81.6	807300	26.7	93.3
Retired Persons	13000	4.2	1.6	19000	0.6	2.6
Home-makers	110100	0.5	12.4	129300	4.3	18.0
Others	7000	0.3	15.4	36600	1.2	20.3
Overall	2639700	100.0	43.1	3020000	100.0	50.3
Notes: Figures are based on a Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during January to March in 2000
and April to June in 2001. They refer to the number of persons aged 10 and over who had used personal computer in the twelve months
before enumeration.
+ As a percentage of all persons aged 10 and over in the respective age/educational attainment/economic activity status groups. For example,
among all persons aged 10 – 14, 72.8% had used personal computer in the twelve months before enumeration  based on the 2000 Household
Survey.