Table Data - Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Composition of Consumer Unit: Married Couple with Children, Oldest Child 18 or over

Title Expenditures: Residential Phone Service, VOIP, and Phone Cards by Composition of Consumer Unit: Married Couple with Children, Oldest Child 18 or over
Series ID CXURESPHONELB0607M
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 Composition of consumer unit refers to the classification of interviewed families according to: (1) relationship of other family members to the reference person; (2) age of the children of the reference person; and (3) combination of relationship to the reference person and age of the children. Stepchildren and adopted children are included with the reference person's own children.
The reference person is the first member mentioned by the respondent when asked to "Start with the name of the person or one of the persons who owns or rents the home." It is with respect to this person that the relationship of the other consumer unit members is determined.

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DATE VALUE
2013-01-01 540
2014-01-01 513
2015-01-01 471
2016-01-01 437
2017-01-01 315
2018-01-01 303
2019-01-01 255
2020-01-01 223
2021-01-01 208
2022-01-01 197
2023-01-01 190
2024-01-01 110

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