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Telephone Subscribership in the United States
This report presents comprehensive data on telephone penetration statistics collected by the Bureau of the Census under contract with the FCC. Along with telephone penetration statistics for the United States and each of the states from November 1983 to November 2009, data are provided on penetration based on various demographic characteristics.
Description
This report presents comprehensive data on telephone penetration statistics collected by the Bureau of the Census under contract with the FCC. Along with telephone penetration statistics for the United States and each of the states from November 1983 to November 2009, data are provided on penetration based on various demographic characteristics.
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- telephone subscribership, telephone penetration, phone line statistics by household, telephone statistics
Licensing and Attribution
- Data Provided By
- Federal Communications Commission
- Source Link
- (none)
Dataset Summary
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Date Released
- February 2, 2010
- Date Updated
- November 2009
- Time Period
- November 1983 - November 2009
- Frequency
- One-time
Dataset Information
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Statistical
- Unique ID
- 2120
Contributing Agency Information
- Citation
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html
- Agency Program Page
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/lec.html
Dataset Coverage
- Unit of Analysis
- United States and its territories
- Geographic Coverage
- United States and its territories
Data Description
- Collection Mode
- person/computer, person/paper
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/filing.html
Additional Dataset Documentation
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/lec.html
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/socc.html
Statistical Information
- Statistical Methodology
- Census Bureau figures for November 2009 (the most recent data available) show that the percentage of households subscribing to telephone service was 95.7%. This is the highest reported penetration rate since the Current Population Survey (CPS) began collecting this data in November 1983. This increase of 0.7% from the 95.0% of November 2008 is statistically significant. The CPS data are based on a nationwide sample of about 50 to 60 thousand households in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CPS does not cover outlying areas that are not states, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Because a sample is used, the estimates are subject to sampling error. For the nationwide totals, changes in telephone penetration between consecutive reports of less than or equal to 0.7% may be due to sampling error and cannot be regarded as statistically significant. As explained below, when comparing the same month in two consecutive years, changes of less than 0.6% are not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. When comparing annual averages, changes of less than or equal to 0.4% are not statistically significant. The annual averages are the average of the three surveys of the year in question. For individual states or other subgroups of the U.S. population, the amount of sampling variability is much greater, because the sample sizes are smaller. This will require larger changes to yield statistical significance at the same confidence level. The data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Because there is a fifty percent overlap in the sample with the sample for the same month in the previous year, there is a high correlation between values a year apart. However, after accounting for this, there has been no significant systematic seasonal variation. This report includes figures showing subscribership percentages by state, by the head of the household's age and race, by household size, by income, and, for adult individuals, by labor force status. The November 2009 data show that 96.2% of adult individuals in the civilian noninstitutionalized population (CNP) have a telephone in their household. This increase of 0.5% from the 95.7% of November 2008 is not statistically significant. This report contains twelve tables and eight charts presenting penetration statistics for various geographic and demographic characteristics.
Data Quality
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes
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Description
This report presents comprehensive data on telephone penetration statistics collected by the Bureau of the Census under contract with the FCC. Along with telephone penetration statistics for the United States and each of the states from November 1983 to November 2009, data are provided on penetration based on various demographic characteristics.
Activity
- Rating
-
0.0
- Raters
- 0
- Visits
- 0
- Comments
- 0
- Contributors
- 0
Meta
- Category
- Information and Communications
- Permissions
- Public
- Tags
- telephone subscribership, telephone penetration, phone line statistics by household, telephone statistics
Licensing and Attribution
- Data Provided By
- Federal Communications Commission
- Source Link
- (none)
Dataset Summary
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Date Released
- February 2, 2010
- Date Updated
- November 2009
- Time Period
- November 1983 - November 2009
- Frequency
- One-time
Dataset Information
- Data.gov Data Category Type
- Raw Data Catalog
- Specialized Data Category Designation
- Statistical
- Unique ID
- 2120
Contributing Agency Information
- Citation
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html
- Agency Program Page
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html
- Agency Data Series Page
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/lec.html
Dataset Coverage
- Unit of Analysis
- United States and its territories
- Geographic Coverage
- United States and its territories
Data Description
- Collection Mode
- person/computer, person/paper
- Data Collection Instrument
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/filing.html
Additional Dataset Documentation
- Technical Documentation
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/lec.html
- Additional Metadata
- http://www.fcc.gov/wcb/iatd/socc.html
Statistical Information
- Statistical Methodology
- Census Bureau figures for November 2009 (the most recent data available) show that the percentage of households subscribing to telephone service was 95.7%. This is the highest reported penetration rate since the Current Population Survey (CPS) began collecting this data in November 1983. This increase of 0.7% from the 95.0% of November 2008 is statistically significant. The CPS data are based on a nationwide sample of about 50 to 60 thousand households in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The CPS does not cover outlying areas that are not states, such as Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Because a sample is used, the estimates are subject to sampling error. For the nationwide totals, changes in telephone penetration between consecutive reports of less than or equal to 0.7% may be due to sampling error and cannot be regarded as statistically significant. As explained below, when comparing the same month in two consecutive years, changes of less than 0.6% are not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. When comparing annual averages, changes of less than or equal to 0.4% are not statistically significant. The annual averages are the average of the three surveys of the year in question. For individual states or other subgroups of the U.S. population, the amount of sampling variability is much greater, because the sample sizes are smaller. This will require larger changes to yield statistical significance at the same confidence level. The data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Because there is a fifty percent overlap in the sample with the sample for the same month in the previous year, there is a high correlation between values a year apart. However, after accounting for this, there has been no significant systematic seasonal variation. This report includes figures showing subscribership percentages by state, by the head of the household's age and race, by household size, by income, and, for adult individuals, by labor force status. The November 2009 data show that 96.2% of adult individuals in the civilian noninstitutionalized population (CNP) have a telephone in their household. This increase of 0.5% from the 95.7% of November 2008 is not statistically significant. This report contains twelve tables and eight charts presenting penetration statistics for various geographic and demographic characteristics.
Data Quality
- Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Data Quality Certification
- Yes
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Yes