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Table C.5.5
Percentage of 15-year-old students who reported use of computers at home and at school,1 by frequency of use2 and sex, Canada, other countries and provinces, 2006

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Countries and provinces Computer use at home
Frequent Infrequent Never
Female Male Female Male Female Male
% standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error
Canada 94 (0.38) 95 (0.39) 4 (0.27) 3 (0.30) 3 (0.22) 2 (0.21)
Australia 94 (0.37) 94 (0.39) 3 (0.27) 4 (0.30) 3 (0.26) 2 (0.20)
Belgium 92 (0.53) 94 (0.51) 5 (0.40) 3 (0.30) 3 (0.36) 2 (0.38)
Finland 91 (0.60) 96 (0.42) 5 (0.42) 2 (0.31) 4 (0.41) 2 (0.34)
Germany 87 (0.71) 93 (0.63) 11 (0.64) 5 (0.55) 2 (0.34) 2 (0.31)
Mexico .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sweden 94 (0.63) 97 (0.40) 5 (0.58) 2 (0.31) 1 (0.21) 1 (0.27)
Switzerland 92 (0.45) 94 (0.45) 6 (0.40) 5 (0.42) 1 (0.18) 1 (0.17)
United States .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
OECD countries (mean) 78 (0.51) 82 (0.33) 11.99369796 (0.31) 9 (0.25) 10 (0.33) 9 (0.25)
Russian Federation 63 (1.69) 73 (1.55) 5 (0.49) 4 (0.69) 32 (1.80) 23 (1.65)
Newfoundland and Labrador 94 (1.08) 94 (0.86) 2 (0.59) 3 (0.64) 3 (0.73) 3 (0.54)
Prince Edward Island 93 (0.87) 94 (0.84) 4 (0.64) 3 (0.57) 3 (0.73) 3 (0.61)
Nova Scotia 94 (1.08) 94 (0.77) 3 (0.82) 4 (0.70) 3 (0.69) 3 (0.50)
New Brunswick 91 (0.94) 92 (0.90) 4 (0.68) 4 (0.66) 5 (0.66) 4 (0.65)
Quebec 91 (0.84) 93 (0.90) 6 (0.75) 4 (0.68) 3 (0.44) 3 (0.47)
Ontario 96 (0.77) 97 (0.61) 3 (0.56) 1 (0.49) 1 (0.39) 1 (0.38)
Manitoba 93 (1.08) 93 (0.93) 5 (0.92) 4 (0.72) 3 (0.61) 3 (0.62)
Saskatchewan 92 (1.09) 91 (1.33) 4 (0.83) 4 (0.73) 4 (0.71) 4 (0.86)
Alberta 92 (1.06) 93 (1.07) 4 (0.66) 4 (0.87) 4 (0.73) 3 (0.67)
British Columbia 94 (1.04) 95 (0.93) 3 (0.70) 2 (0.60) 3 (0.59) 3 (0.70)
Countries and provinces Computer use at school
Frequent Infrequent Never
Female Male Female Male Female Male
% standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error % standard error
Canada 41 (1.07) 52 (1.16) 51.71862443 (1.05) 41.05539041 (1.07) 7 (0.56) 7 (0.51)
Australia 70 (1.11) 75 (1.10) 29 (1.06) 22.9219532 (0.97) 1 (0.21) 2 (0.32)
Belgium 55 (1.63) 55 (1.73) 25 (1.28) 24.99629012 (1.19) 20 (1.15) 20 (1.30)
Finland 41 (1.96) 61 (1.84) 54 (1.86) 36.1175532 (1.68) 4 (0.83) 3 (0.62)
Germany 27 (1.72) 35 (1.85) 56 (1.62) 51.71413114 (1.58) 16 (1.21) 13 (1.14)
Mexico .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sweden 43 (1.83) 50 (1.74) 51 (1.67) 45.00822858 (1.68) 6 (0.92) 5 (0.77)
Switzerland 42 (1.60) 44 (1.69) 48 (1.45) 47.36581807 (1.53) 10 (0.68) 9 (0.57)
United States .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
OECD countries (mean) 49 (0.71) 51 (0.64) 32.93500941 (0.49) 32 (0.38) 18 (0.52) 18 (0.53)
Russian Federation 75 (2.22) 72 (2.23) 15.43213596 (1.52) 17.48331876 (1.75) 10 (1.59) 10 (1.32)
Newfoundland and Labrador 40 (2.11) 50 (2.09) 54 (2.20) 44 (2.31) 6 (1.02) 6 (1.07)
Prince Edward Island 59 (1.87) 57 (1.78) 38 (1.69) 38 (1.76) 2 (0.58) 5 (0.79)
Nova Scotia 46 (2.01) 53 (2.41) 49 (2.05) 42 (2.24) 5 (1.05) 5 (0.73)
New Brunswick 35 (1.46) 43 (1.62) 58 (1.62) 51 (1.34) 7 (0.79) 7 (0.86)
Quebec 22 (1.27) 34 (1.91) 59 (1.84) 50 (1.84) 20 (1.84) 16 (1.49)
Ontario 44 (2.26) 56 (2.27) 53 (2.16) 40 (2.22) 3 (0.82) 4 (0.73)
Manitoba 60 (1.94) 74 (1.65) 37 (1.77) 24 (1.66) 3 (0.55) 2 (0.62)
Saskatchewan 62 (2.00) 68 (2.15) 35 (2.14) 30 (2.01) 2 (0.75) 2 (0.51)
Alberta 50 (2.63) 64 (2.41) 47 (2.51) 33 (2.21) 2 (0.47) 2 (0.58)
British Columbia 50 (3.27) 57 (2.60) 46 (2.99) 39 (2.39) 3 (0.64) 4 (0.78)
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Totals might not add to 100 due to rounding.
2. Frequent: Use computer most every day or a few times each week.
Infrequent: Use computer between once a week and once a month or less than once a month.
Never: Computer never used.
Data sources: OECD PISA database, 2006.
PISA Canada database, 2006.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Date Modified: 2011-07-11

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