Power, Tim Development in information and communications technology (ICT) statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. (English) Zbl 1114.62385 Int. Stat. Rev. 71, No. 1, 59-67 (2003). Summary: This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs. Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children’s Participation Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers. A major development for 2002/03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field. MSC: 62P99 Applications of statistics 62P30 Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts Keywords:Information; Communications; Technology; Technologies; ICT; IT; Internet; Industry; Commodity; Business; Household; Government; Statistics; Computer; Hardware; Software; Telecommunication PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{T. Power}, Int. Stat. Rev. 71, No. 1, 59--67 (2003; Zbl 1114.62385) Full Text: DOI Euclid OpenURL References: [1] ABS. A conceptual framework for measuring ICT statistics. Paper prepared for the October 2002 Asia Pacific Technical meeting on Information Technology and Telecommunication Statistics. [2] ABS. Framework for an Information Technology and Telecommunications Satellite Account. Paper prepared for the May 2001 Technical meeting of Asian/Pacific Statisticians on IT&T Statistics This reference list is based on information provided by the publisher or from digital mathematics libraries. Its items are heuristically matched to zbMATH identifiers and may contain data conversion errors. It attempts to reflect the references listed in the original paper as accurately as possible without claiming the completeness or perfect precision of the matching.