PHONE
Description
PHONE indicates whether household members had access to a telephone. The interviewer first ascertained whether a telephone was inside the housing unit (code 3), and, if not, whether people in the household could be contacted via a telephone located elsewhere (code2).
Information on telephone availability was collected during the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview. Telephone availability was not updated at the time of the ATUS interview.
Universe
2003-2010: CPS households.
Quality flags
Codes/Frequencies
Respondent Households
| Code | Description | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No phone available | 445 | 420 | 554 | 497 | 362 | 312 | 322 | 301 |
| 2 | Phone available; not in household | 107 | 77 | 99 | 111 | 72 | 75 | 66 | 56 |
| 3 | Phone available in household | 20168 | 13476 | 12385 | 12335 | 11814 | 12336 | 12745 | 12903 |