Table Data - Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Size of Consumer Unit: Two or More People in Consumer Unit

Title Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Size of Consumer Unit: Two or More People in Consumer Unit
Series ID CXURESPHONELB0503M
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
2013-01-01 396
2014-01-01 389
2015-01-01 356
2016-01-01 333
2017-01-01 253
2018-01-01 236
2019-01-01 198
2020-01-01 193
2021-01-01 172
2022-01-01 151
2023-01-01 137
2024-01-01 93

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