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    Alexander Kunst,

    Sep 3, 2019

    The statistics shows the share of Americans who purchased personal insurance on their smartphone/cell phone in 2018. The results were categorized by income. In 2018, 35 of respondents who came from a household where the annual income was 100,000 U.S. dollars or more stated that they purchased personal insurance on their smartphone/cell phone.

    Share of Americans who purchased personal insurance on their smartphone/cell phone 2018, by household income

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    October 2018

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    United States

    Survey time period

    October 17 to 22, 2018

    Number of respondents

    2,010 respondents

    Age group

    18 years and older

    Method of interview

    Online survey

    Supplementary notes

    During the survey, the question was posed as follows: "Did you book any of these services using any of the following devices? / personal insurances"

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