Table 4.3
Mobile phone ownership by sex and age 1999-00 to 2009-10
Persons aged 16+												Percentages
Sex and age	1999-001	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	Base (2009-10) =100%2
All
16-19	26	62	81	80	92	94	96	98	97	98	97	256
20-29	39	66	83	89	91	94	94	97	98	98	98	662
30-39	35	59	73	78	85	88	93	95	98	98	99	801
40-49	32	50	65	69	80	83	87	91	92	96	95	820
50-59	24	35	55	61	70	76	80	83	88	90	93	786
60+	6	13	22	31	39	42	50	53	58	60	70	1,276
All	26	44	59	64	72	75	79	82	84	85	89	4,601
Males
16-19	26	58	79	79	88	92	93	98	96	97	95	123
20-29	44	68	82	87	91	94	94	96	97	98	97	307
30-39	43	65	78	79	87	91	93	95	96	98	98	362
40-49	40	57	71	72	85	83	87	92	94	97	94	377
50-59	30	41	59	63	74	76	78	82	88	92	92	356
60+	8	16	25	33	45	45	54	56	62	60	72	583
All Males	31	49	62	66	76	76	80	83	85	86	89	2,108
Females
16-19	26	67	82	82	95	95	98	98	99	98	98	133
20-29	35	65	84	91	90	94	95	97	98	98	98	355
30-39	28	54	69	78	82	86	93	96	99	98	99	439
40-49	25	44	60	66	76	83	87	89	91	95	95	443
50-59	18	30	52	60	67	77	81	84	88	88	93	430
60+	4	11	20	29	35	40	47	50	55	59	68	693
All Females	21	41	56	63	68	74	78	81	83	85	89	2,493
	Source: Continuous Household Survey
1 The question on mobile phones was first asked duriing 1999-00 CHS
2 Bases for earlier years are of a similar size