WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of cell-phone-only homes continues to grow. And a new study shows income doesn't appear to be the deciding factor in ditching the landline.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released numbers suggesting that when it comes to telephone habits, it depends a lot on age and where people live.
Overall, the poor are still more likely to live in households that only have cell phones, but the proportion of wireless-only homes is growing at all income levels.
The study shows 23 percent of U.S. homes have cell phones only, up from 11 percent in 2006.
Six in 10 homes had both cell and landline phones in the first half of this year. Only about one in six had landlines without wireless phones, and one in 50 had no phones at all.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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