Hong Kong's Information Society
The structure, flow, use, and language of information in Hong Kong society
Household computers and internet access in Hong Kong
Closing the household computer and internet access gaps in 2003
| Graph 91a - Distribution of
all households and households with a computer by four major dwelling
types. (Click on graph for more detailed description of dwelling types.) graphs 87a, 87b, and 87c | graphs 88a and 88b | graphs 89a and 89b | graphs 90a, 90b, and 90c | graph 91b | graphs 92a and 92b | data collection (graphs) |
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| Note 1: See table 55 for a further breakdown of dwelling types and brief description of each. |
| Note 2: Obviously Hong Kong
households with income under HK$10,000 are not all of the public
rental type; otherwise this category of housing would represent a
much larger proportion of all households (see graph 90b for comparison).
Nevertheless, this dwelling type demonstrates behavior very similar to
that observed for households with income under HK$10,000, as it
comprises more than 25% of all dwellings (right graph), but
less than 25% of those with a household computer (left graph).
This suggests that a culture of poverty could be forming, or has
already formed. (See reasons given for not owning a household computer
in graph 89a.) |
| Note 3: The category of dwelling
type labelled temporary housing is obviously small. As software
limitations prohibit a very good depiction of this category, its
percent fraction has been placed in the key as an average of those
dwellings in this category with a household computer and without. |
| Note 4: "Personal computers refers to a computer designed for individual use. Personal computers includes desktop computer, laptop/notebook computer and Personal Digital Assistant. Servers, workstations and terminals of mainframe or minicomputer are not included. Personal computers may be connected to form a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN)." Source: Hong Kong Government. Census and Statistics Department. Information Technology and Telecommunications Statistics Section. 2003. Hong Kong as an Information Society. Appendix A - Terms and Definitions 1.3, p. 115. Comment: An email from the Social Survey Section of CSD confirmed that both sections used the same definition for the term personal computer in their respective reports. |
| Source: Hong Kong Government. Census and Statistics Department. Social Surveys Section. 2003. Thematic Household Survey Report No. 15. Information Technology Usage and Penetration. Chapter 3 - Penetration of personal computer and Internet. Table 3.3a Households with personal computer (PC) at home by type of housing, p. 23. EARTH's copy of the corresponding table is available on request. |
| Graph 91b - Distribution of
all households and households with a computer connected to the internet
by four major dwelling types. (Click on graph for more detailed description of dwelling types.) graphs 87a, 87b, and 87c | graphs 88a and 88b | graphs 89a and 89b | graphs 90a, 90b, and 90c | graph 91a | graphs 92a and 92b | data collection (graphs) |
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| Note 1: See table 55 for a further
breakdown of dwelling types and brief description of each. |
| Note 2: Obviously Hong Kong households with income under HK$10,000 are not all of the public rental type; otherwise this category of housing would represent a much larger proportion of all households (see graph 90c for comparison). Nevertheless, this dwelling type demonstrates behavior very similar to that observed for households with income under HK$10,000, as it comprises more than a quarter of all dwellings (right graph), but only slightly more than 1/5 of those with access to the internet (left graph). This suggests that a culture of poverty could be forming, or has already formed. (See reasons given for no internet access in graph 89b.) |
| Note 3: The category of dwelling type labelled temporary housing is obviously small. As software limitations prohibit a very good depiction of this category, its percent fraction has been placed in the key as an average of those dwellings in this category with an internet connection and without. |
| Note 4: "Internet is the world-wide public computer network, which provides access to a wide range of services including the world wide web, email, newsgroup and file transfer." Source: Hong Kong Government. Census and Statistics Department. Information Technology and Telecommunications Statistics Section. 2003. Hong Kong as an Information Society. Appendix A - Terms and Definitions 2.11, p. 117. |
| Source: Hong Kong Government. Census and Statistics Department. Social Surveys Section.2003. Thematic Household Survey Report No. 15. Information Technology Usage and Penetration. Chapter 3 - Penetration of personal computer and Internet. Table 3.6a - Households with personal computer at home connected to Internet by type of housing, p. 30. EARTH's copy of the corresponding table is available on request. |
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