Table 3.5  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 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                 1         1           2        -         -
              Lack of financing                   1         -           2        1         -
              Low priority by management          1         2           -        1         -
              Lack of equipment                   -         -           -        3         1
              Obsolete machines                   2         -           1        1         -
              Lack of technical expertise         1         1           1        -         1
              Not relevant to business            1         1           1        1         -
              Lack of appreciation                1         1           1        1         -
              Lack of telecommunication
                facilities                        1         -           -        2         1
              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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