Table Data - Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Size of Consumer Unit: One Person Consumer Unit

Title Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Size of Consumer Unit: One Person Consumer Unit
Series ID CXURESPHONELB0502M
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units U.S. Dollars
Date Range 2013-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-12-19 1:51 PM CST
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.

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DATE VALUE
2013-01-01 270
2014-01-01 266
2015-01-01 246
2016-01-01 247
2017-01-01 199
2018-01-01 180
2019-01-01 174
2020-01-01 174
2021-01-01 149
2022-01-01 138
2023-01-01 125
2024-01-01 116

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