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Educational Attainment/Economic Activity Status, 2001 - 2003

	2001			2002			2003
Item
Item	Number of			Number of			Number of
	persons	Percent	Rate+	persons	Percent	Rate+	Persons	Percent	Rate+

Age Group
10–14	390200	12.9	90.8	414700	12.7	96.2	422200	12.2	96.3
15–24	806700	26.7	88.0	823200	25.2	92.3	833300	24.1	94.3
25–34	810900	26.9	73.6	830800	25.4	76.2	858600	24.8	79.6
35–44	705600	23.4	52.0	792300	24.2	58.4	856600	24.7	62.9
45–54	253300	8.4	26.2	317300	9.7	31.2	388500	11.2	36.1
55–64	44200	1.5	8.8	71300	2.2	13.8	87900	2.5	16.2
65 and Over	8900	0.3	1.2	20800	0.6	2.8	17200	0.5	2.2
Overall	3020000	100.0	50.3	3270300	100.0	54.0	3464400	100.0	56.2
Educational Attainment
No Schooling/
Kindergarten/Primary	268700	8.9	14.3	308900	9.4	17.0	314100	9.1	17.6
Secondary/Matriculation	1941500	64.3	60.0	2002700	61.2	62.6	2379400	68.7	67.4
Tertiary	809800	26.8	91.1	958700	29.3	92.8	770900	22.3	91.6
Overall	3020000	100.0	50.3	3270300	100.0	54.0	3464400	100.0	56.2
Economic Activity
Status
Economically Active	2027900	67.1	57.8	2173500	66.5	61.5	2328500	67.2	64.6
Economically Inactive	992100	32.9	39.7	1096800	33.5	43.5	1135900	32.8	44.4
Students	807300	26.7	93.3	860900	26.3	97.5	883200	25.5	97.2
Retired Persons	19000	0.6	2.6	35300	1.1	5.3	36700	1.1	4.5
Home-makers	129300	4.3	18.0	186200	5.7	21.1	200700	5.8	26.0
Others	36600	1.2	20.3	14500	0.4	16.5	15300	0.4	22.8
Overall	3020000	100.0	50.3	3270300	100.0	54.0	3464400	100.0	56.2


Notes: Figures are based on a Household Survey on Information Technology Usage and Penetration conducted during April to June in 2001,
May to July in 2002 and May to August in 2003. 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, 90.8% had used personal computer in the twelve months before enumeration based on the Household
Survey in 2001.