Computers in the workplace (is 912 A4)

Source

Perspectives on Labour and Income, Summer 1991, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Statistics Canada, Catalogue 75-

001E). This is the fourth of six articles in the issue. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Table 1

Use of mainframes, personal computers, and word processors on the job, by age and sex, 1989

Proportion of employees

Male

Female

Total

%

All age groups

30.8

37.6

33.8

15 19

12.3

13.0

12.6

20 24

23.8

35.2

29.4

25 34

35.8

45.8

40.2

35 44

39.2

44.3

41.4

45 54

29.3

33.9

31.3

55 64

21.0

24.9

22.5

Source: General Social Survey

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Table 2

Use of mainframes, personal computers, and word processors on the job, by education and sex, 

1989

Proportion of employees

Male

Female

Total

% 

University degree

57.8

49.7

54.5

Postsecondary diploma

38.5

41.2

39.8

High school diploma

29.2

45.2

37.2

Less than high school diploma

10.3

15.8

12.4

Source: General Social Survey

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Table 3

Use of mainframes, personal computers, and word processors on the job, by occupation and sex, 

1989

Proportion in occupation

Male

Female

Total

% 

All occupations

30.8

37.6

33.8

Managerial/administrative

50.3

54.7

51.9

Science/engineering

76.5

81.9

77.6

Social sciences

42.0

33.5

38.0

Teaching

58.6

36.5

45.2

Medicine/health

27.0

20.4

22.0

Artistic/literary

40.7

33.0

36.7

Clerical

35.9

60.5

55.3

Sales

33.6

33.7

33.7

Service

16.6

5.0

9.8

Primary

11.7

-

10.3

Manufacturing/processing

15.7

-

13.4

Construction/transportation

10.5

33.6

13.3

Source: General Social Survey

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Table 4

Occupations with 60% or more employees using mainframes, personal computers, or word 

processors, by sex, 1989

Proportion of employees

Male

Female

Total

% 

Mathematics, statistics, systems analysis and related

97.7

93.3

96.2

Office machine and EDP operators

86.4

95.5

93.3

Management, administration and related

79.0

70.0

74.8

Architects/engineers

71.1

69.0

71.0

Stenographers/typists

65.6

70.6

70.6

Sales (services and other non commodity sales)

56.1

77.5

65.7

Physical and life sciences

64.4

71.3

65.9

Architecture- and engineering- related

64.9

60.0

64.2

Library/filing/correspondence and related clerks

43.1

67.2

60.4

Source: General Social Survey

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Table 5

Average weekly hours of mainframe, personal computer, or word processor use on the job, by 

occupation and sex, 1989

Male

Female

Total

hours

All occupations

14.5

18.0

16.2

Managerial/administrative

13.4

16.7

14.6

Science/engineering

22.5

23.8

22.8

Social sciences

8.0

8.8

8.3

Teaching

10.3

6.6

8.5

Medicine/health

10.7

13.4

12.6

Artistic/literary

17.3

19.7

18.4

Clerical

21.0

20.9

20.9

Sales

12.3

14.9

13.6

Service

10.0

18.0

12.2

Primary

9.2

-

8.9

Manufacturing/processing

11.5

-

13.2

Construction/transportation

10.6

-

13.3

Source: General Social Survey

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Table 6

Impact of introduction of computers or automated technology, 1989

Employees reporting that their work had been:

greatly affected somewhat affected hardly affected not at all affected

%

Canada

28.0

14.9

14.4

41.9

Newfoundland

17.6

18.1

17.6

46.5

Prince Edward Island

-

-

-

-

Nova Scotia

29.5

18.9

14.4

36.6

New Brunswick

21.4

13.7

12.7

51.5

Quebec

26.2

9.4

16.1

47.6

Ontario

29.1

14.9

11.9

43.2

Manitoba

25.4

19.6

15.3

39.4

Saskatchewan

24.6

18.7

21.7

34.0

Alberta

31.2

21.0

16.6

31.1

British Columbia

30.5

16.9

15.3

36.0

Source: General Social Survey

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