Show AMERICANS SPEND SIXTEEN HOURS A YEAR TEAK telephoning one way to measure the extent of the relative use ot of the telephone la in sl several ve ral countries Is to determine the average amount ot of time per year actually spent by each inhabitant in telephone conversations statistics indicate that in the united states the average per capita time consumed in holding telephone conversations Is sixteen hours in the scandinavian countries denmark sw sweden eden and norway twelve I 1 hours in germany five hours in switzerland three hours in great britian two hours in france onar lour hour and ta in italy considerably less leas I 1 1 I 1 1 than one hour i I 1 |