Table A4-4
Total Mail Overview: Treatment of Advertising Mail by
Actual Weekly Standard Mail Receipt
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary and Recruitment Data)
Treatment Actual Standard Mail Pieces
0 - 7 8 - 10 11 - 12
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Usually read  23.9 19.8 21.8 19.4 12.5 14.2 20.0 12.3 11.6
Usually scan 39.6 33.9 30.5 40.4 34.2 38.5 42.6 34.7 31.7
Read Some 26.4 27.9 28.2 30.4 30.9 28.5 30.0 32.8 37.7
Usually don't read 9.8 15.1 19.3 9.6 21.2 18.4 7.4 18.4 18.8
Don't Know/No Answer 0.3 3.4 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.8 0.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Treatment Actual Standard Mail Pieces
13 - 15 16 - 17 18+
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Usually read  16.0 13.2 14.2 12.9 11.1 11.8 11.5 10.5 9.5
Usually scan 46.3 36.5 34.7 42.6 36.5 38.0 41.3 37.2 33.8
Read Some 28.5 34.4 32.9 34.8 30.6 32.9 39.1 38.2 39.3
Usually don't read 9.2 15.3 18.0 9.2 21.2 17.3 7.9 13.7 17.4
Don't Know/No Answer 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.