Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 19, 2017
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May 19, 2017: For the first time since telephones became a major factor in American life, a majority of homes no longer have a landline. Research conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics found that 50.8 percent of homes did without a landline in the second half of 2016. That’s up from 48.3 percent the year before.
The speed and scope of this communications change is somewhat breathtaking. At the beginning of the 21st century, just about every household had a landline.
While younger adults have adapted more quickly to the changing norms, 40 percent of adults over 45 now live without a landline. Among those 25 to 29, 73 percent are in wireless households, as are 71 percent of those aged 30 to 34.
More than seven in 10 adults living in rented homes (71.5 percent) had only cell phones. This rate is significantly higher than the rate for homeowners.
The percentage of wireless homes also varies by geography. “Adults living in the Midwest (53.0 percent), South (55.5 percent), and West (53.4 percent) were more likely than those living in the Northeast (34.2 percent) to be living in households with only wireless phones," reported the National Center for Health Statistics. "Adults living in metropolitan areas (53.0 percent) were more likely than those living in nonmetropolitan areas (47.0 percent) to be living in wireless-only households.”[1]
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