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The Current Population Survey is conducted monthly by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Every few years, questions related to computer ownership, computer usage, Internet access, and Internet usage are included in the monthly survey. These data are among the few resources that clearly distinguish home use of computers and the Internet from other locations of use. |
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| Time Period: |
October 1984; October 1989; October 1993; November 1994; October 1997; December 1998. |
| Availability: |
Reports and tabulations for October 1984, 1989, 1993, and 1997 are available at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html. Tabulations for November 1994, October 1997, and December 1998 are available at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/computer/computer.htm. |
| Keywordsw: |
Computer ownership/Computer usage/Demographics/Internet access/Internet usage/Business usage/Education/E-mail/Employment & work/Entertainment/Other/Personal finance/Shopping |
| URL: | http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/computer/computer.htm |
| Methodology: |
Purpose of Data Collection: To collect detailed data on labor force characteristics of the U.S. population. The monthly CPS is occasionally supplemented with specialized questions related to topics of national interest such as health care, school enrollment, and computer usage. Survey Method and Design: Data are based on interviews with a randomly selected sample of 50,000 U.S. housing units, with about a 94-percent response rate. The present CPS sample covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Variables Collected: There are several special supplements to the CPS that are IT-related: these were conducted as part of the CPS in October 1993, November 1994, and October 1997. Additional data are available for the years 1984 and 1989; these earlier data are reported in the tabulations for the October 1993 supplement. The November 1994 supplement contains, in addition to the highly detailed demographic data, data on types of computer use in the home. The 1997, 1998, and 2000 supplements include questions related to home computer and Internet access and use. Statistical Reliability: Standard errors and confidence intervals are reported at 90 percent confidence levels and .10 levels of significance. Detailed parameter estimates for the 1994-1998 supplements may be found at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/computer/computer.htm. More detailed information on the CPS methodology in general and the computer surveys since 1994 in particular may be found at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/mdocmain.htm. |
| Notes: |
(1) October 1993 data tabulations (including 1989 and 1984 historical comparisons) are available at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer.html. (2) The 1994 Computer Uses data and the 1997 Internet Usage data are located at http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/computer/computer.htm. (3) Interactive cross-tabulations are not possible on-line. |
| Contact Info: |
Census Bureau |
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