Young adults prefer mobiles over landlines

A recently conducted federal survey indicates that more than a quarter of young adults have only cell phones, making them the leading edge of a strengthening move away from traditional landline telephones.

The data from the survey were based on interviews with people in 13,056 households from June through December last year. Here are some highlights:

• 15% of Hispanic adults, 13% of black adults, 12% of Asians and 11% of whites had only cell phones
• 22% of the poorest adults had only cell phones, double the rate for those who are not poor
• 13% of males and 11% of females had cell phones only
• Nearly 2% of adults had no phone at all.

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