Young, poor prefer cell phones

More than one in eight households have cell phones but lack traditional, landline telephones, according to a federal study released Monday that tracks the country’s growing dependence on wireless phones. The data, reported twice a year, suggested that the number of households relying solely on cell phones may be growing more slowly than it had in the past. But the researchers said the slowdown might be due to changes in their survey, including altering the order of some questions and some of the wording. The growth of families reachable only by cell phone has been of special interest to the telephone industry, providers of 911 emergency services, and public and private polling organizations. The federal data showed once again that young, poor, male, and Hispanic people are likelier to have only wireless telephone service.

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