{"id":16975,"date":"2010-09-13T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:41:50","slug":"more-necessary-cell-or-landline-phone","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2010\/09\/13\/more-necessary-cell-or-landline-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"More Necessary: Cell or Landline Phone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans are moving away from landline phones. While only a decade ago, nearly all homes had a landline phone (97% of U.S. households in 2001), today, just 74% of homes have a landline. Furthermore, 82% of adults now use a cell phone, up from 53% in 2000. Still, more Americans say a landline phone is a necessity (62%) than say a cell phone is a necessity (47%) while a majority (52%) consider a cell phone to be a luxury you can live without. Age is a large factor in \u201cthe balance of necessity\u201d between the cell and landline phone. Young Americans have made the switch; fully 59% of adults ages 18-29 regard a cell phone as a necessity while just 46% say the same about a landline phone. Among adults older than age 30, however, the landline phone remains more important. This is especially true of adults ages 65 and older. Just 29% of older Americans consider a cell phone to be a necessity, while 77% say landlines are a necessity. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pubs\/1702\/luxury-necessity-television-landline-cell-phone\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the increasing use of cell phones, more Americans say landline phones are a necessity than say the same about mobile 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