Table 3.3  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Mining and Quarrying 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         -          1         -         -
             Lack of financing                    2         2          -         2         -
             Low Priority by management           1         1          2         -         2
             Lack of equipment                    2         1          -         2         1
             Obsolete machines                    3         1          -         -         2
             Lack of technical expertise          2         1          1                   2
             Not relevant to business             -         1          1         1         3
             Lack of appreciation                 2         -          1         1         2
             Lack of telecommunication
               facilities                         2         1          -         -         3
             Others                               -         -          -         -         1

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

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