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CHAPTER 6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN INTERNET AND BROADBAND ACCESS - FOR INDIVIDUALS
While there are very clear relationships between Internet access and factors such as age, income and education, on the basis of cross-tabular analysis alone made in the chapter, it is difficult to isolate the key characteristics associated with Internet access. This is because cross-tabulations do not control for the impact of other factors. In this study, multivariate analysis using logistic regression techniques have been used for disentangling the different effects of multiple factors. Chapter 9 reports the results of this type of analysis in detail.
Figure 21: Internet Access by Males by Age Group - August 2006 Figure 22: Internet Access by Females by Age Group - August 2006 6.2. Education attainment 6.2.1 Internet access by the highest year of school completed by individuals For the purpose of this analysis, people living in private occupied dwellings were categorised on the basis of highest year of school completed. People with year 12 or equivalent as the highest year of school attended recorded significantly higher proportion of any Internet (81%) and Broadband (56%) access in comparison with groups with fewer years of schooling. About two-thirds of people with year 8 or below schooling, or who did not go to school, do not have access to any Internet (Figure 23). 6.2.2 Internet access by the highest level of post school educational attainment of individuals. This analysis was based on the highest level of post school educational attainment for people living in private dwellings. The proportion of any Internet and Broadband access increased with increasing level of educational qualification. People with postgraduate level degrees have the highest proportion of any Internet (92%) and Broadband (67%) access. Within the selected categories, people with Certificate level education, had significantly lower levels of connectivity (Figure 24). Figure 24: Internet Access by the Highest Level of Post School, Educational Attainment of Individuals - August 2006 6.3. Labour force status 6.3.1 Labour force status of individuals The analysis is based on the labour force status of individuals living in private dwellings, excluding about a million individuals who did not respond to the labour force status question.
6.4. Occupation The analysis is based on stated occupations of people living in private dwellings. Managers, professionals, sales workers, and clerical and administrative workers have significantly higher levels of Internet access in comparison with labourers and machinery operators and drivers. 6.5. Place of birth Internet access by place of birth is reported. Place of birth is separately reported for Australia and other groupings. English speaking is the group of countries, other than Australia, in which the main language is English. They include New Zealand, the United Kingdom, England, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, South Africa, The United States of America and Canada.
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6.7 People with need for assistance in core activities The 2006 Census included a question to quantify the number of people with a profound or severe disability. People with a profound or severe disability are defined as those people needing help or assistance in one or more of the three core activities of self-care, mobility and communication, because of a disability, long term health condition (lasting six months or more) or old age. Such people have significantly lower access to the Internet in comparison with those who do not have any need for assistance with core activities (Figure 29).
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