NAME OF ORGANISATION
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
OVERVIEW
The Household Use of Information Technology (HUIT) survey was designed to provide a profile of the uptake and use of information technology in Australian households. The survey was conducted as part of the Population Survey Monitor (PSM). The PSM was conducted quarterly, collecting data on a number of topics from households throughout Australia.
PURPOSE
To provide statistics about the extent of computer and Internet access in Australian households. In addition a profile of adult users of information technology (IT) at home, work and other sites was also presented.
SCOPE
The scope of the LFS is restricted to people aged 15 years and over and excludes the following persons:
- members of the permanent defence forces
- certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments, customarily excluded from census and estimated populations
- overseas residents in Australia
- members of non-Australian defence forces (and their dependants).
For the MPHS the following people are also excluded:
- people living in special dwellings such as hotels, university residences etc
- students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for persons with disabilities), and inmates of prisons
- visitors to private dwellings
- people living in very remote indigenous communities.
DATA DETAIL
Conceptual framework
ABS population/household survey framework
Main outputs
Proportion of households with access to computers or the Internet
Household computer accessories and peripherals
Numbers of computers in the household
Reason for households being without a computer or the Internet
Proportions of households with mobile phones
Proportion of households with other tecnologies such as games machines or pay TV
Use of computers and the Internet by adults
Sites of computer use and Internet access by adults
Home computer and Internet activities of adults
Proportion of adults undertaking selected Internet and other electronic financial transactions
Proportion of adults accessing government services via the Internet
Proportion of adults puchasing or ordering goods or services via the Internet, for private purposes
Characteristics of and expenditure on Internet purchases/orders
The types of technologies that allow adults to work from home
Classifications
Household
Family Type
Income
State, metropolitan/ex-metropolitan split
Adult
Age
Sex
Income
Employment status
State, metropolitan/ex-metropolitan split
Occupation
Highest educational qualification completed
Other concepts (summary)
Nil
GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
ACT
Part of State Metropolitan
Part of State Extra-Metropolitan
Comments and/or Other Regions
This supplementary survey was conducted in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, but excluded persons living in very remote parts of Australia.
COLLECTION FREQUENCY
Annually
Frequency comments
Annual
COLLECTION HISTORY
Quarterly HUIT surveys were conducted in February 1994 and all quarters (February, May, August and November) of 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The PSM was conducted for the last time for the November quarter 2000. From 2001, data will only be collected annually using one of a number of ABS surveys e.g. Survey of Education , Training and Information Technology (SETIT), General Social Survey (GSS) and/or Multi Purpose Household Survey (MPHS).
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes
Data availability comments
Data were published for each quarterly survey in ABS Cat. No 8147.0 and then on an annual basis in ABS Cat. No 8146.0.
DATE OF LAST UPDATE FOR THIS DOCUMENT
09/02/2007 03:10 PM
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