respondents are English speaking residential population who own smartphone and/or a landline phone
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "What kind of cell phone do you have?"
The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.
*Base: 484 males and 537 females.
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Cell phone ownership in the UK 2017, by type of phone and gender
This statistic illustrates the share of cell phones owned in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type of phone and gender. The highest share of respondents for both genders owned smartphones. Only *** percent of both genders did not own a cell phone at all.
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