Chart 1. TPOPS response rates, fourth quarter 2006 to fourth quarter 2018 (in percent)
Date Landline Cell phone Combined

Q4 2006

62.5 [1] 62.5

Q1 2007

57.7 [1] 57.7

Q2 2007

56.4 [1] 56.4

Q3 2007

57.8 [1] 57.8

Q4 2007

58.8 [1] 58.8

Q1 2008

61.2 [1] 61.2

Q2 2008

56.1 [1] 56.1

Q3 2008

60.2 [1] 60.2

Q4 2008

59.4 [1] 59.4

Q1 2009

59.5 [1] 59.5

Q2 2009

61.4 [1] 61.4

Q3 2009

62.3 [1] 62.3

Q4 2009

61.1 [1] 61.1

Q1 2010

61.1 [1] 61.1

Q2 2010

60.7 [1] 60.7

Q3 2010

60.7 [1] 60.7

Q4 2010

60.3 [1] 60.3

Q1 2011

61.9 [1] 61.9

Q2 2011

59.9 [1] 59.9

Q3 2011

62.0 [1] 62.0

Q4 2011

62.4 [1] 62.4

Q1 2012

62.6 [1] 62.6

Q2 2012

61.4 32.3 56.3

Q3 2012

60.9 32.8 53.2

Q4 2012

63.8 39.1 55.7

Q1 2013

64.1 39.4 54.5

Q2 2013

66.0 38.9 55.8

Q3 2013

61.0 38.1 52.4

Q4 2013

60.5 38.0 52.4

Q1 2014

62.3 38.1 53.8

Q2 2014

58.7 34.2 50.1

Q3 2014

56.4 33.7 48.3

Q4 2014

60.4 34.0 50.0

Q1 2015

60.1 36.2 50.1

Q2 2015

49.6 30.5 41.3

Q3 2015

51.0 33.9 43.8

Q4 2015

53.8 36.6 46.5

Q1 2016

55.7 39.8 49.4

Q2 2016

50.3 33.4 43.6

Q3 2016

57.7 38.7 50.6

Q4 2016

55.7 35.1 48.1

Q1 2017

54.2 33.3 46.6

Q2 2017

41.1 24.2 34.8

Q3 2017

48.7 26.5 40.4

Q4 2017

48.7 26.5 40.1

Q1 2018

45.7 23.8 36.9

Q2 2018

44.5 24.4 35.7

Q3 2018

42.2 22.5 33.5

Q4 2018

35.6 18.6 27.8

[1] Not applicable.

Note: TPOPS = Telephone Point-of-Purchase Survey.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau.