Table A2-46 First-Class Mail -- Use of Automatic Deductions -- by Age (Percentage of Households) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Recruitment Data)
Number of Monthly Deductions	18 - 21 �			22 - 24 �			25 - 34			35 - 44
	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007
0	89.3	66.0	70.2	92.0	59.6	55.4	75.3	51.7	46.3	73.5	48.2	41.9
1	7.7	15.2	13.4	5.1	23.5	18.2	15.5	22.8	22.8	16.0	22.6	23.4
2	2.1	8.5	9.6	1.2	8.9	13.1	5.8	13.4	14.2	5.4	15.3	15.9
3	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.2	1.5	5.8	1.5	6.2	7.9	1.9	6.0	8.0
4 +	0.5	5.1	3.6	0.2	5.0	5.9	1.1	5.7	8.2	1.4	7.1	10.6
Don't know/No answer	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.3	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.6	1.8	0.7	0.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Mean	0.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.4	1.2	1.6
Number of Monthly Deductions	45 - 54			55 - 64			65 - 69			70+		70-74	75+
	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007	2007
0	70.9	45.4	43.6	79.7	48.1	47.4	81.6	45.0	48.5	88.1	48.1	48.3	53.3
1	18.5	23.5	23.2	11.2	21.0	20.0	10.7	16.8	15.1	5.7	15.7	14.2	13.2
2	4.1	14.1	15.9	5.1	13.7	14.3	2.7	16.1	14.2	2.7	13.5	13.3	11.6
3	2.8	6.7	6.8	0.8	7.2	7.5	2.0	7.3	10.1	1.6	8.3	9.6	7.4
4 +	1.0	9.5	10.2	1.6	9.4	10.6	2.1	13.9	11.7	1.1	14.3	14.2	14.3
Don't know/No answer	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Mean	0.4	1.3	1.5	0.3	1.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	1.5	0.2	1.6	1.7	1.6
�Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.
NOTE: 1987 figures reflect the response to "How many payments each month are automatically deducted on a
prearranged basis from savings or checking accounts?"
Totals may not sum due to rounding.