Table 3.11  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities
            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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              Lack of information                     5         5          4         1         2
              Lack of financing                       4         2          6         3         2
              Low priority by management              2         5          3         3         3
              Lack of equipment                       4         1          2         4         6
              Obsolete machines                       4         3          1         4         5
              Lack of technical expertise             3         3          5         3         3
              Not relevant to business                3         5          2         3         4
              Lack of appreciation                    4         6          1         5         1
              Lack of telecommunication 
                facilities                           12         3          1         -         1
              Others                                  -         -          -         -         -

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

Page last updated:  December 4, 2003
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