Internet and computer usage: comparisons among metropolitan centres, coastal regional centres and inland regional centres

摘要

[Abstract]: udIn this exploratory paper the authors compare Internet and computer usage data from the Basic CommunityudProfiles (BCP) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2001d). The data is compiled from Census informationudcollected in 2001. The comparisons examine data extracted from three metropolitan centres, three regionaludcoastal centres, and three regional inland centres. The data collected by the ABS enabled comparison ofudcomputer usage by age categories and gender. Data on Internet usage enabled comparison by gender andudusage location (work, home, school, etc). The picture of computer and Internet usage shown by the ABS datauddiffers from that painted by some government sources, however, the differences could be due to varied samplesudand skewed distributions based predominantly on metropolitan based respondents.