Title:               Expenditures: Telephone Services by Size of Consumer Unit: Two or More People in Consumer Unit
Series ID:           CXUPHONELB0503M
Source:              U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release:             Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Annual
Units:               U.S. Dollars
Date Range:          1988-01-01 to 2022-01-01
Last Updated:        2023-09-14 4:15 PM CDT
Notes:               Size refers to the number of persons whose usual place of residence at
                     the time of the interview is in the sample unit.
                     
                     A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular
                     household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal
                     arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with
                     others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in
                     permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially
                     independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their
                     income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is
                     determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and
                     other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at
                     least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided
                     entirely, or in part, by the respondent.
                     
                     For more details about the data or the survey, visit the FAQs
                     (https://www.bls.gov/cex/csxfaqs.htm).

DATE       VALUE
1988-01-01   587
1989-01-01   622
1990-01-01   652
1991-01-01   683
1992-01-01   685
1993-01-01   732
1994-01-01   765
1995-01-01   787
1996-01-01   862
1997-01-01   900
1998-01-01   929
1999-01-01   954
2000-01-01   990
2001-01-01  1039
2002-01-01  1096
2003-01-01  1094
2004-01-01  1135
2005-01-01  1206
2006-01-01  1257
2007-01-01  1280
2008-01-01  1301
2009-01-01  1340
2010-01-01  1368
2011-01-01  1428
2012-01-01  1452
2013-01-01  1502
2014-01-01  1557
2015-01-01  1592
2016-01-01  1690
2017-01-01  1601
2018-01-01  1673
2019-01-01  1678
2020-01-01  1706
2021-01-01  1670
2022-01-01  1706