Table 8. Purpose of Computer Use at Work by People 18 Years and Over: October 1997 (Numbers in thousands. Civilian noninstitutional population.) Calen Cust- Inven- Desk- Graph- Total Word der/ Book- omer tory Sales/ top ics and over Process Sched- keep- Rec- Con- Invoi- Market Pub- Pub- Analy- Prog- Spread- Data- Other 18 years ing uling E-Mail ing ords trol cing ing lishing lishing sis ramming sheets bases Reason Total using computer at work 63,876 57.0 37.5 47.0 30.2 50.7 28.8 24.1 22.1 15.3 20.4 26.8 15.0 32.4 34.1 12.6 AGE 18 to 24 years old 6,007 43.1 28.0 35.3 25.5 53.3 32.0 24.3 23.5 10.5 14.1 15.5 11.0 22.2 23.4 10.0 25 to 49 years old 45,022 58.6 39.4 48.4 30.9 51.4 29.3 24.7 22.6 16.2 21.5 29.0 16.2 34.6 35.9 12.6 50 years old and older 12,847 57.8 35.5 47.6 29.8 47.2 25.7 21.7 20.0 14.3 19.7 24.6 12.7 29.4 32.5 13.8 GENDER Male 30,332 53.9 39.2 51.3 28.7 47.2 34.0 24.4 24.6 15.2 24.3 34.3 20.0 35.7 36.8 13.1 Female 33,544 59.8 36.0 43.1 31.6 54.0 24.1 23.8 19.9 15.4 17.0 20.1 10.5 29.4 31.6 12.2 RACE White not Hispanic 51,899 57.9 38.1 47.7 31.5 51.7 28.9 24.8 23.2 16.1 21.2 27.7 15.2 33.6 34.9 12.8 Black not Hispanic 5,462 52.0 36.1 43.7 24.5 46.6 27.8 19.5 17.1 12.6 16.5 20.7 14.1 26.1 29.6 12.3 Other not Hispanic 2,671 59.4 35.8 49.4 24.6 43.4 23.7 20.6 16.2 12.1 20.1 31.0 19.3 33.1 37.8 11.1 Hispanic 3,843 50.0 33.7 40.5 24.3 49.2 31.7 23.3 19.0 10.8 16.3 21.3 10.6 24.4 27.0 12.2 FAMILY INCOME Under $25,000 8,239 44.3 28.7 33.4 28.0 50.5 30.4 24.3 21.3 11.8 15.1 15.4 10.5 21.1 24.3 14.1 $25,000 to $49,999 18,600 51.6 34.4 41.9 29.3 51.8 31.7 25.2 20.6 14.5 18.8 23.1 13.6 28.3 30.2 13.7 $50,000 to $74,999 15,622 58.8 39.4 49.2 30.2 50.4 28.7 24.0 20.7 15.7 22.3 28.5 16.7 35.0 36.7 12.1 $75,000+ 15,850 69.2 45.3 59.5 32.8 51.1 25.5 23.6 26.3 18.3 24.6 37.0 18.1 42.3 43.4 11.0 Not reported 5,565 54.0 33.5 42.4 29.1 47.2 26.4 21.6 20.8 13.7 17.0 22.5 12.8 27.1 27.5 13.0 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: October 14, 1999