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4 in 10 U.S. homes are cellphone only, skip landline | Times Free Press
Interesting bullet points from the study:
The CDC survey released Tuesday is based on in-person interviews in more than 21,000 homes during the last half of 2013. The researchers found:
• Not all homes have phones: About 3 percent have no landline or cellphone.
• About 9 percent have only landlines, and about 48 percent have both. Five years ago, 17 percent had only landlines, and about 60 percent had landlines and cellphones.
• Younger people rely more on cellphones: Nearly two-thirds of people in their late 20s live in households with only cellphones. Only 14 percent of people 65 and older use only cellphones.
• Men are a bit more likely to shun landlines than women.
• Poor adults are much more likely than higher-income people to have only cellphones.
• The Midwest is the most wireless region: About 44 percent live in cellphone-only homes. The South and West were nearly as high. In the Northeast, 25 percent live in cellphone-only households.
Interesting bullet points from the study:
The CDC survey released Tuesday is based on in-person interviews in more than 21,000 homes during the last half of 2013. The researchers found:
• Not all homes have phones: About 3 percent have no landline or cellphone.
• About 9 percent have only landlines, and about 48 percent have both. Five years ago, 17 percent had only landlines, and about 60 percent had landlines and cellphones.
• Younger people rely more on cellphones: Nearly two-thirds of people in their late 20s live in households with only cellphones. Only 14 percent of people 65 and older use only cellphones.
• Men are a bit more likely to shun landlines than women.
• Poor adults are much more likely than higher-income people to have only cellphones.
• The Midwest is the most wireless region: About 44 percent live in cellphone-only homes. The South and West were nearly as high. In the Northeast, 25 percent live in cellphone-only households.
