What do people do at work?

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 7 Computer use

	All	Upper WC	Low WC	Upper BC	Low BC	Service
1. Data entry most of time	14	14	31	–	4	3
2. Spreadsheets	40	64	44	13	18	14
3. Spreadsheet macros, equations	12	21	11	2	6	3
4. Databases	19	32	20	7	7	3
5. SQL database queries	3	8	1	1	1	1
6. CAD	7	10	5	5	6	2
7. Science/engineering tasks	7	14	3	4	4	2
8. Programming	4	8	2	0	1	1
9. Special software	47	61	59	23	29	24
10. New software in last 3 years^a	16	24	16	11	12	6
11. No. of applications (max = 15)	4.02	6.06	4.68	1.68	1.91	1.41
12. Computer skill level^b	4.21	5.91	5.06	1.95	2.43	1.77
13. Inadequate skills (users only)	23	26	18	30	23	22
14. Affected pay/promotion	8	3	5	10	18	13

Note: All statistics are percentages except lines 11 and 12. All calculation use full sample except lines 13 and 14
SQL structured query language, CAD computer-aided design
^aRespondents were asked whether in the last three years they had to learn any new computer programs or functions that took more than a week to learn
^bSelf-rated complexity of computer skills used on job (0 = no computer use, 1 = very basic, 11 = very complex)