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. 2010 Aug 26;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-77

Table 1.

Telephone (landline) and mobile status of household, and household has landline and/or mobile telephone listed in the Australian Electronic White Pages by year

Telephone (landline) and mobile status of household Household has landline and/or at least one mobile telephone listed in directory
No landline telephone or mobile Mobile only household Landline telephone only Landline telephone and mobile Not stated No Yes
Year n % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % n % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
1999 3012 1.3 (1.0 - 1.8) 1.4 (1.0 - 1.8) 44.6 (42.9 - 46.4) 52.7 (50.9 - 54.5)
2004 2982 1.2 (0.8 - 1.6) 3.4 (2.8 - 4.1) 95.4 (94.6 - 96.1) * 0.1
2006 2969 0.3 (0.1 - 0.5) 5.2 (4.4 - 6.0) 9.7 (8.7 - 10.8) 84.7 (83.4 - 86.0) 0.1 2961 26.2 (24.6 - 27.8) 73.8 (72.2 - 75.4)
2007 2507 1.1 (0.7 - 1.6) 7.1 (6.1 - 8.1) 11.1 (9.9 - 12.3) 80.6 (79.0 - 82.1) 0.2 2480 28.5 (26.8 - 30.3) 71.5 (69.7 - 73.2)
2008 2824 0.3 (0.2 - 0.6) 8.7 (7.7 - 9.8) 6.9 (6.1 - 7.9) 83.8 (82.4 - 85.1) 0.3 2814 31.3 (29.5 - 32.9) 68.7 (66.7 - 70.1)

* In 2004 HOS, households with a landline were not asked if there were any person in the household that had a mobile phone