Table A8-7 Shares of Households using Method of Paying Bills Years 2000 - 2008 (Recruitment Data)													year  SURVEY YEAR
													2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
													Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Method	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008			q31a  Q31A. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH BY MAIL	0.918327	0.914068	0.931776	0.924311	0.933391	0.925605	0.916981	0.91971	0.901043
Mail	92%	91%	93%	92%	93%	93%	92%	92%	90%			q31f  Q31F. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH BY AUTOMATIC DEDUCTION FROM BANK ACCOUNT	0.314505	0.323945	0.405347	0.408848	0.485019	0.515805	0.515006	0.527795	0.484013
Auto Deduction from Bank Account	31%	32%	41%	41%	49%	52%	52%	53%	48%			q31d  Q31D. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD BY INTERNET PER MONTH	0.041688	0.075427	0.105412	0.137368	0.204886	0.24175	0.277224	0.299706	0.363058
Internet	4%	8%	11%	14%	20%	24%	28%	30%	36%			q31b  Q31B. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH IN-PERSON	0.348222	0.301554	0.334742	0.326128	0.320768	0.328328	0.360358	0.312132	0.296838
In Person	35%	30%	33%	33%	32%	33%	36%	31%	30%			q31g  Q31G. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH BY AUTOMATIC CHARGE TO CREDIT CARD	0	0	0.145199	0.145402	0.18515	0.194834	0.210639	0.206062	0.176354
Credit Card	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	19%	19%	21%	21%	18%			q31c  Q31C. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH BY TELEPHONE	0.053264	0.075354	0.092492	0.095226	0.120025	0.13915	0.151492	0.125549	0.120423
Telephone	5%	8%	9%	10%	12%	14%	15%	13%	12%			q31e  Q31E. NUMBER OF BILLS PAID BY HOUSEHOLD PER MONTH BY ATM	0.019654	0.018173	0.017808	0.008957	0.011041	0.011778	0.009324	0.006793	0
ATM	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.