The average household spent $1,239 on telephone service in 2012, with 70 percent (or $862) devoted to cell phone service. Here is the percentage of telephone spending devoted to cell phone service by age of householder...
Total households: 70%
Under age 25: 88%
Aged 25 to 34: 85%
Aged 35 to 44: 77%
Aged 45 to 54: 72%
Aged 55 to 64: 64%
Aged 65 to 74: 52%
Aged 75-plus: 31%
Among 65-to-74-year-olds, the share of household telephone spending devoted to cell phone service surpassed the share devoted to landline service in 2012. Among households headed by 55-to-64-year-olds, the crossover occurred in 2009; among 35-to-54-year-olds it occurred in 2006, among 25-to-34-year-olds in 2005, and among householders under age 25 in 2003.
Source: Demo Memo analysis of the 2012 Consumer Expenditure Survey
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