Table A3-37
Standard Mail from Department Stores
Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
Letter Size Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 62.18089 64.77353 1.908938 4.420905 53.9691 57.64068 22.4751 23.17625 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.157651 12.4041
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 64.31756 69.67481 2.485409 3.801291 64.76788 59.55831 22.49816 25.05766 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.580685 3.306411
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 62.90054 53.98605 5.767944 11.01337 66.0534 65.13436 18.45657 22.85876 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.607527 2.491822
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 61.73384 60.12099 12.2496 12.22258 71.34894 67.15734 19.55977 21.82397 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 29.3213 29.42312
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 64.09858 73.07058 3.75494 3.540346 61.21506 72.98058 21.41003 23.93957 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.42856 6.592217
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 66.04693 66.13789 5.666161 5.436024 67.96441 66.74207 23.92827 23.41522 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 36.08939 42.79583
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 60.81731 65.73376 8.234971 9.07805 60.11608 67.74708 15.33591 21.07205 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.814884 2.986496
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 53.3 62.2 64.8 2.5 1.9 4.4 37.4 54.0 57.6    
Larger envelope 45.8 64.3 69.7 10.2 2.5 3.8 40.8 64.8 59.6    
Postcard 56.9 64.1 73.1 1.3 3.8 3.5 48.5 61.2 73.0    
Catalog (not in envelope) 45.9 61.7 60.1 15.8 12.2 12.2 62.5 71.3 67.2    
Flyers/Circulars 42.4 66.0 66.1 6.1 5.7 5.4 51.2 68.0 66.7    
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 12.3 22.5 23.2 8.8 8.2 12.4    
Larger envelope 10.9 22.5 25.1 3.6 8.6 3.3    
Postcard 12.3 21.4 23.9 3.3 12.4 6.6    
Catalog (not in envelope) 17.1 19.6 21.8 40.8 29.3 29.4    
Flyers/Circulars 15.4 23.9 23.4 42.5 36.1 42.8    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each shape category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.