Table 3.10  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Financial Intermediation with ATE 20
            or more by Reasons of Non-Usage of ICT Resources, Philippines: 2001

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Number      |                             |                  Rank of Problem
of Estab-   |                             |--------------------------------------------------
lishments   |                             |         |         |          |    Less |
as Non-user | Barriers to Adoption of ICT |   Not a |   Minor | Moderate |   Major |   Major
of ICT      |                             | problem | problem |  problem | problem | problem
(1)         | (2)                         |     (3) |     (4) |      (5) |     (6) |     (7)
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3
              Lack of information                 -         -          1         -         2
              Lack of financing                   -         -          -         -         3
              Low priority by management          -         -          -         -         3
              Lack of equipment                   -         -          -         -         3
              Obsolete machines                   -         1          -         -         2
              Lack of technical expertise         -         -          -         -         3
              Not Relevant to Business            -         -          -         1         2
              Lack of appreciation                -         -          1         -         2
              Lack of telecommunication 
                 facilities                       -         -          -         -         3
              Others                              -         -          -         -         -

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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