ICT indicators from the Internet Use Survey by Macao Residents in the years of 2001,2003,2004,2005,2006 and 2007. The survey was conducted every December using a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system. At 95% confidence level, the sampling errors of the whole sample are ±3.2%,±2.2%,±2.5%, ±2.3%,±2.4% and ±2.3% respectively. Some of the figures cited in the ICT indicators were made available by the Statistics and Census Service of Government of Macao SAR, CTM and Macao Network Information Centre.

Internet Users: Chinese-speaking Macao residents, aged between 6 and 84 (age between 18 and 74 in 2001),who use the Internet at least one hour on average per week.

For household figures,the base is the total number of households.The number of households was estimated by dividing the total population by the average number of family members. For user figures, the base is the total corresponding population of age between 6 and 84.The estimated base figure is 489,117 in December, 2007.

Digital Divide Index(DDI) is calculated by the Gini coefficient formula,

where Yi denotes group i ’s Internet users in the total users of the population, representing the digital indicator( whether an individual adopts the Internet or not); Wi refers to the percentage of group i ’s population in the total population, representing the divide indicators( includes gender, age, occupation and educational level); Vi＝Y1＋Y2＋Y3＋……＋Yi.

The content of this indicators is part of the MIP research findings. The entire project is funded by the Research Committee of the University of Macau. Views expressed in the indicators do not represent those of the funding organization.