| Table A2-7 First-Class Mail -- Industry Usage of Reply Envelopes (Percentage of Pieces From Each Industry That Contain Reply Mail) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Industry | Business Reply | Courtesy Reply | No Reply Mail | Don't
Know/ No Answer |
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| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Financial: | ||||||||||||||
| Credit Card | 13.0 | 21.3 | 17.1 | 59.2 | 48.6 | 54.2 | 20.9 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||
| Bank | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 16.2 | 18.1 | 75.3 | 76.0 | 74.4 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Securities | 18.2 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 64.8 | 78.1 | 82.4 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 2.6 | ||
| Money Market | 24.2 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 54.4 | 76.0 | 79.1 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||
| Insurance | 10.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 29.6 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 50.6 | 65.0 | 68.2 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| Mortgage | 8.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 72.6 | 71.9 | 70.8 | 9.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | ||
| Total Financial | 9.7 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 24.4 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 57.6 | 59.5 | 61.8 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Merchants: | ||||||||||||||
| Supermarkets | N/A | 1.0 | 6.7 | N/A | 12.2 | 10.4 | N/A | 85.0 | 79.1 | N/A | 1.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Deprtment Store | 5.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 54.4 | 44.8 | 48.7 | 33.4 | 47.7 | 40.7 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 5.4 | ||
| Mail Order | 15.1 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 35.5 | 46.8 | 57.8 | 48.7 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Other Store | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 73.1 | 76.2 | 76.8 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| Publisher | 15.1 | 19.6 | 22.0 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 48.4 | 32.2 | 30.0 | 27.8 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 1.7 | ||
| Land Promotion | 6.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 78.0 | 91.2 | 90.7 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | ||
| Online auction | N/A | N/A | 8.3 | N/A | N/A | 20.6 | N/A | N/A | 69.5 | N/A | N/A | 1.5 | ||
| Restaurant | 12.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 74.8 | 93.7 | 98.8 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers | 8.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 67.0 | 82.7 | 79.5 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| Auto dealers | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 86.9 | 90.9 | 91.0 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Service stations | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 84.2 | 88.3 | 94.3 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Total Merchants | 8.8 | 7.2 | 13.5 | 35.2 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 47.8 | 62.2 | 57.4 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| Services: | ||||||||||||||
| Telephone | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 67.7 | 70.3 | 68.3 | 17.1 | 21.3 | 24.9 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | ||
| Other utility | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 60.0 | 68.6 | 67.1 | 28.7 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 8.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Medical | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 38.2 | 36.1 | 38.4 | 49.6 | 56.3 | 54.6 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| Other professional | 6.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 72.3 | 82.9 | 80.7 | 10.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | ||
| Leisure service | 5.8 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 75.0 | 84.1 | 79.0 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 | ||
| Cable TV | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 63.3 | 72.6 | 72.1 | 24.8 | 20.4 | 22.5 | 9.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | ||
| Computer | 4.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 80.1 | 64.9 | 68.2 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | ||
| Craftsman | 2.7 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 66.4 | 87.3 | 82.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Total Services | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 45.9 | 47.9 | 46.2 | 40.5 | 44.6 | 46.0 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| Federal government | N/A | 6.6 | 7.6 | N/A | 7.3 | 8.2 | N/A | 82.6 | 82.1 | N/A | 3.4 | 2.0 | ||
| Nonfederal government | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 13.3 | 18.3 | 20.1 | 74.9 | 74.9 | 73.7 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit | 9.1 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 13.0 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 64.3 | 66.2 | 67.9 | 13.7 | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| Total Nonhousehold Mail Received | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 30.0 | 52.3 | 58.0 | 58.5 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Pieces per household per week | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Note: Percents are row percentages within each Industry classification. | ||||||||||||||