Table 3.4  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Manufacturing 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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151
              Lack of information                75        23         27        10        16
              Lack of financing                  37        17         32        16        49
              Low priority by management         41        25         41        17        27
              Lack of equipment                  41        28         35        20        27
              Obsolete machines                  55        26         30        17        23
              Lack of yechnical expertise        40        27         36        17        31
              Not relevant to business           62        23         36        13        17
              Lack of appreciation               60        25         30        21        15
              Lack of telecommunication
                facilities                       76        23         28        11        13
              Others                              2         -          -         1         -

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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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