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20% of American children own a mobile phone, says report

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Twenty percent of American children aged 6-11 own a mobile phone, according to data released January 5.

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20 percent of American children own a mobile phone

The research suggests that ownership amongst children has jumped by some 68 percent in the past five years; in 2005, only 11.9 percent had their own phone. In children as young as six to seven, ownership was 6.9 percent, but the highest figure was 36.1 percent amongst ten- to eleven-year-olds, whose usage has increased by over 80 percent since 2005 … Continue Reading

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