1 / 24

Consumer Expenditures Among Wireless Households in the U.S.

Consumer Expenditures Among Wireless Households in the U.S. Brian Meekins, Clyde Tucker, Scott Fricker Bureau of Labor Statistics. Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not constitute policy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Background. Cell phone only HH

melosa
Download Presentation

Consumer Expenditures Among Wireless Households in the U.S.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Consumer Expenditures Among Wireless Households in the U.S. Brian Meekins, Clyde Tucker, Scott Fricker Bureau of Labor Statistics Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not constitute policy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

  2. Background • Cell phone only HH • Coverage issues for RDD surveys • Weighting issues • NHIS estimates on cell only HH and adults in cell only HH • Blumberg, Brick, Keeter, Tucker, etc. • Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEIS) • Tucker, Brick, Meekins 2004 • http://www.bls.gov/cex/cellphones2007.htm

  3. CEIS Data • Sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). • Quarterly rotating panel survey of 5,000 to 8,000 per quarter (2,000 new cases). • Large, nationally representative, in-person/telephone • Collects expenditure information • Telephone service • Cigarettes, alcohol, health insurance • Data from 2000-2009 • Cell only = respondent had cell phone bill and no residential service in a given quarter

  4. HH Telephone Service

  5. Demographic Composition

  6. Change in Telephone Use

  7. Cell Only Households

  8. Cell Only Households

  9. Cell Only HH: 2000-2009

  10. Cell Only HH: 2000-2009

  11. Cell Only HH: 2000-2009

  12. Cell Only HH: 2000-2009

  13. Cell Only HH: 2000-2009

  14. Mean Expenditure

  15. Mean Expenditure

  16. Expenditure by Cell Status

  17. Effort by Cell Status

  18. Data Quality by Cell Status

  19. Data Quality by Cell Status

  20. Expenditure by Cell Status

  21. Panel Behavior

  22. Panel Behavior

  23. Conclusions • The number of cell-only HHs continues to increase • There is some evidence of a cohort effect, as well as new entries • Cell-only HHs have different expenditure estimates • Controlling for dems and methodology • Cell-only HHs exhibit different response behavior

  24. Brian MeekinsOffice of Survey Methods Research202-691-7594meekins.brian@bls.gov

More Related