One In Eight US Households Has Gone Mobile-Only, Study Says

A new survey from the federal government says that 13.6 percent of American households have abandoned landlines and now only use mobile phones, RCR reports. The stat comes from The National Health Interview Survey, which was conducted by the National Center of Health Statistics, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the first half of the year. Though the main focus of the survey is on public health statistics, it did generate some other telecom-related stats:

– 55 percent of adults living with unrelated roommates use only mobile phones, more than any other subgroup
– Over 28 percent of renters are mobile-only, while just 6.7 percent of homeowners are
– Nearly a third of adults 25-29 only use mobile phones, more than any other age group, while more Hispanic adults are mobile-only than other ethnic groups
– Adults living in poverty are more likely to only use a mobile phone than adults living above the poverty line

The survey also drew some conclusions about the health of mobile-only Americans, saying they’re more likely to smoke and binge drink than people with landlines; they’re also more likely to take part in some physical activity during their leisure time than landline users.

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