Talking or Texting More on Cell Phones

Ever wondered how many minutes we spend on talking and texting on cell phones? Or whether we talk more or text more?

A study conducted by the Nielsen Company in the United States shows that blacks talk twice as much as whites on their cell phones, and women talk and text more than men. The Nielsen Company of New York compiled the data from 60,000 cell phone bills collected from April of 2009 to March 2010.Some interesting facts revealed by the study are:

1. Blacks are at the top, in both talking and texting.

2. Blacks talk an average of 1,331 minutes per month, followed by Hispanics at 826 per month, Whites at 647 minutes and Asians and Pacific Islanders talk an average for 692 minutes per month.

3. Blacks and Hispanics also lead the way in texting, sending and receiving 780 and 767 messages, respectively, per month. Whites send/receive an average of 566. Asians and Pacific Islanders text the least, at 384 per month.

4. Women talk on their cell phones 22 percent more than men: 856 minutes per month compared with 667.

5. Women also text 34 percent more than men.

6. Teenagers text about four times more often than the minutes they spend speaking on the cell phone. Teenagers average a whopping 2,779 texts per month.

7. After the teen years, text usage drops by half for each consecutive age group, with those 18 to 24 sending about 1,300 texts per month. By the age of 25, most people are using their cell phones for talking rather than texting. People older than 65 average just 32 texts per month.

Source: TBO.com