Table 3.14  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Community, Social and Personal Services 
            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                 7         2          4         -         3
              Lack of financing                   2         2          1         5         5
              Low priority by management          3         3          4         4         2
              Lack of equipment                   3         -          2         3         5
              Obsolete machines                   6         2          4         1         2
              Lack of technical expertise         2         3          3         1         4
              Not relevant to business            7         4          1         1         5
              Lack of appreciation                4         5          4         -         2
              Lack of telecommunication 
                facilities                        6         2          3         3         -
              Others                              2         -          -         -         -

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

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