![]() ![]() ![]() When survey respondents were given a list of common household expenses, the only one they cited as often as these three was housing (76%).Īnother regular expense for most Americans is credit card bills. These information age staples either didn’t exist or were in their infancy a generation ago. The survey also finds that at or near the top of the public’s list of regular expenses are cable or satellite television service (78% of adults say they pay such bills every month) cell phone service (74%) and internet connections (65%). A bare majority (54%) mostly uses checks, and a small minority (15%) mostly uses cash. The Pew survey finds that nearly three-in-ten adults (28%) say the most common way they take care of their regular monthly bills is by an online or electronic payment. And at the same time that they are carrying the cost of these new technologies, Americans are also paying off record levels of credit card debt each month. A sizable majority pays for one or more of the “big three” information age consumer staples each month - internet connection, cell phone service and cable or satellite television service. A sizable minority of adults do most of their transactions online. ![]() Paying the monthly bills is a different experience for Americans now than it was a generation ago, a new Pew Research Center survey has found. ![]()
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