Contents Tables and figures 6 Executive summary 8 Introduction 10 Variation in types of computer use across the population 12 Summary 17 Description of the data and the computer use scale 18 Age and computer use 19 Educational attainment and computer use 20 Occupation and computer use 20 Summary 24 Computer use among older people 25 Access to a computer 28 Interest in using a computer 29 Summary 29 Skills and computer use older people 30 Summary 32 Education, training and computer use among older people 33 Reasons for not undertaking study 36 Summary 37 Implications 38 References 40 Appendix 41 NVETR Program funding 48 Tables and figures Tables 1 Computer and internet use, by gender and age 12 2 Percentage of men and women in each age group who used a computer for various tasks 13 3 Percentage of men and women in each age group who used the internet for each of the 13 tasks 14 4 Frequency of use of the internet for email, by gender and age 14
Contents Tables and figures 6 Executive summary 8 Introduction 10 Variation in types of computer use across the population 12 Summary 17 Description of the data and the computer use scale 18 Age and computer use 19 Educational attainment and computer use 20 Occupation and computer use 20 Summary 24 Computer use among older people 25 Access to a computer 28 Interest in using a computer 29 Summary 29 Skills and computer use older people 30 Summary 32 Education, training and computer use among older people 33 Reasons for not undertaking study 36 Summary 37 Implications 38 References 40 Appendix 41 NVETR Program funding 48 Tables and figures Tables 1 Computer and internet use, by gender and age 12 2 Percentage of men and women in each age group who used a computer for various tasks 13 3 Percentage of men and women in each age group who used the internet for each of the 13 tasks 14 4 Frequency of use of the internet for email, by gender and age 14
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