The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn’t seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income people are.

The finding, from data compiled by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggests that when it comes to telephone habits, peoples’ decisions are affected more by age and where they live than by their economic situations.

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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/16/AR2009121601790.html