Households With Television Sets In The United States May 1959 PDF Download

The percentage of households in the United States with television sets continued to increase during 1959 and early 1960, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. This survey conducted in May 1960, indicates that 88 percent of all households had television sets, compared with 86 percent in May 1959, and 83 percent in January 1958. The increase of 2 percentage points since May 1959 is at substantially the same annual rate as the increase during the preceding 16 months, although below earlier rates of increase. Only 12 percent of all households had television sets when the first comprehensive information on the subject was obtained in the 1950 Census of Housing, and 67 percent when the first survey of this series was conducted in June 1955.