New, Preliminary Results: The Number of U.S. Homes with Only Wireless (Cell/Mobile) Telephones Continues to Grow, Up 2.4% to 54.9% Since First Half of 2017
Preliminary results from the January– June 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that the number of American homes with only wireless telephones continues to grow. More than one-half of American homes (54.9%) had only wireless telephones (also known as cellular telephones, cell phones, or mobile phones) during the first half of 2018—an increase of 2.4 percentage points since the first half of 2017. More than three in four adults aged 25-34 (77.3%), and a similar percentage of adults renting their homes (74.4%), were living in wireless-only households. This report presents the most up-to-date estimates available from the federal government concerning the size and characteristics of this population.
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He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
