54% of Hispanics said they would find it very hard to give up their cell phones – a higher share than said it would be very hard to give up the internet. 51% of African Americans say it would be very hard to give up their cell phones, a significant difference from the share who say this about the internet (37%).
White | Black | Hispanic | |
Cell phone | 49 | 51 | 54 |
Internet | 44 | 37 | 43 |
Television | 45 | 50 | 35 |
Landline telephone | 40 | 48 | 36 |
36 | 30 | 36 | |
Number of cases | 1,304 | 158 | 129 |
Source: Pew Internet |