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Text Table 8-7 |
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Source of Data
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| IT investments in industry (diffusion indicator) |
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis | Investments in IT disaggregated by type of technology. Reported as an annual investment as well as capital stock at the individual industry level. |
| IT hardware in K-12 schools (diffusion indicator) |
Quality Education Data Inc., Denver, CO |
Investments in several types of IT (computers, satellites, CD-ROMs, etc.) by school and location. Contains detailed data about school demographics. |
| K-12 Internet access (diffusion indicator) |
National Center for Education Statistics |
Extent of Internet access by type of school and location; contains detailed data about school demographics. |
| Library Internet access | American Library Association | Extent of Internet access by libraries (public and academic). Detailed data on size of community library services. |
| Individual perceptions of privacy
(impact indicator) |
Equifax/Harris Survey | Time-series data on public perceptions about violations of information privacy and rights to information privacy. |
| Patterns of individual use of the World Wide Web (usage indicator) |
Georgia Tech Internet Survey | How individuals use the Internet and values about access to information. |
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| IT = information technologies | ||
| Science & Engineering Technologies - 1998 | ||