The first chart illustrates the proportion of residents possessing computer from 2002 to 2010. The second bar chart compares the percentage of people who owned computer by level of their education between 2002 and 2010.

The first chart illustrates the proportion of residents possessing

computer

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computers

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from 2002 to 2010. The second bar chart compares the percentage of people who owned

computer

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computers

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by

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the level

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of their education between 2002 and 2010.

Overall

,

computer

ownership

rose constantly over the period, with people with higher levels of education having higher levels of

computer

ownership

. Taking a closer look at the data,

computer

ownership

amongst the whole population stood at around 50% in 2002, and

this

figure rose gradually by roughly 5% each year to reach approximately 75% in 2010. Throughout the period, those with higher levels of education were more likely to own a

computer

. Those with postgraduate qualifications, bachelor’s degrees and college qualifications had rates of

computer

ownership

at roughly 75%, 70% and 55% in 2002, respectively, revealing a clear correlation between qualifications and

computer

ownership

. By 2010, rates of

ownership

had increased by similar amounts for these three groups to around 95%, 90% and 87%, respectively.

In contrast

, high school graduates and those without a

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diploma started the period with much lower rates, at 38% and 18%, but these percentages increased dramatically to reach 70% and 45% in 2010, respectively.