Computer Access Increases Nationwide. (TRENDS).Nine out of ten school-age children (ages six to seventeen) had access to a computer in 2000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census release. The Census Bureau reports the following statistics for 2000, indicating the growth of computer access across the country: * In August 2000, fifty-four million households, or 51 percent, had one or more computers. * More than four out of five households with computers had at least one member using the Internet at home. * Two-thirds of households with a school-age child had a computer with 53 percent having Internet access See how to access the Internet. . * E-mail is the most common Internet application at home, used by 88 percent of adults and 73 percent of children who are online. * Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of all children (ages three to seventeen) lived in a household with a computer, up from 55 percent in 1998. * Computer use at school was nearly equal across various income, race, or ethnic groups than was access at home. * About 77 percent of White, non-Hispanic children and 72 percent of Asian and Pacific Islander Pacific Islander n. 1. A native or inhabitant of any of the Polynesian, Micronesian, or Melanesian islands of Oceania. 2. A person of Polynesian, Micronesian, or Melanesian descent. See Usage Note at Asian. children lived in households with computers. * Approximately 43 percent of African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. children and 37 percent of Hispanic children lived in households with computers. |
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