Table A2-15
First-Class Mail Receipt -- Content by Education of Head of Household
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment and Diary Data)		 q79head A2DROW _NAME_ COL1 COL2
8th grade or less PERSONAL MEAN 0.356065 0.512401
8th grade or less Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.323182 0.186946
8th grade or less ADVERTISING MEAN 0.752374 0.604174
8th grade or less OTHER 1 MEAN 1.899729 1.611014
8th grade or less BILL 2 MEAN 2.301788 2.044015
8th grade or less FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.499465 0.511847
Contents < 8th Grade Some High School High School Some College 8th grade or less INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.18278 0.351218
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 Some high school PERSONAL MEAN 0.420829 0.49417
Personal 1.1 0.4 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.7 Some high school Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.479879 0.204429
Business or Nonfederal Government:                         Some high school ADVERTISING MEAN 0.97444 0.860991
Advertising 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.0 Some high school OTHER 1 MEAN 1.189871 1.572875
Invitation/Announcement 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 Some high school BILL 2 MEAN 2.698516 2.441633
Bill 2 1.7 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.4 3.1 3.1 2.6 3.3 3.0 Some high school FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.579013 0.667452
Financial Statement 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 Some high school INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.460839 0.194866
Other 1 1.2 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8 High school graduate PERSONAL MEAN 0.868422 0.759941
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 3.9 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 7.5 7.2 6.4 8.1 7.1 High school graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.480368 0.387775
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 High school graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.235336 1.029263
Total 5.4 6.3 5.8 6.5 6.8 6.4 7.4 8.8 8.4 8.5 9.5 8.3 High school graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 1.791023 1.797874
High school graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.077323 3.060016
Contents Technical School College Graduate Post Graduate High school graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.94695 1.04605
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 High school graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.433825 0.269462
Personal 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.9 1.1 1.0 2.7 1.4 1.3 Some college PERSONAL MEAN 0.864551 0.748991
Business or Nonfederal Government                   Some college Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.497248 0.433183
Advertising 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.4 Some college ADVERTISING MEAN 1.352083 0.987096
Invitation/Announcement 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 Some college OTHER 1 MEAN 1.994016 1.779426
Bill 2 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.2 2.9 Some college BILL 2 MEAN 3.252823 3.026109
Financial Statement 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.5 Some college FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.05069 1.049738
Other 1 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.9 2.4 1.9 Some college INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.496678 0.30512
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 6.4 8.1 7.4 8.1 8.7 7.9 10.1 9.6 8.2 Technical school graduate PERSONAL MEAN 1.082717 0.846436
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.2 1.0 Technical school graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.42506 0.576284
Total 8.2 9.6 8.8 11.0 10.5 9.6 14.6 12.2 10.5 Technical school graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.287226 1.13897
Technical school graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 2.087202 1.723256
1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.  Technical school graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.063923 3.036157
2 Includes credit card statement/bill. Technical school graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.164563 1.104896
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. Technical school graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.494672 0.36252
College graduate PERSONAL MEAN 1.125315 1.048115
College graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.67917 0.680344
College graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.588198 1.285652
College graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 2.051452 2.031901
College graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.174233 2.97794
College graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.342311 1.254771
College graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.506451 0.347278
Post-graduate work PERSONAL MEAN 1.414331 1.317732
Post-graduate work Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 1.184007 0.960748
Post-graduate work ADVERTISING MEAN 1.837192 1.381806
Post-graduate work OTHER 1 MEAN 2.357038 1.949439
Post-graduate work BILL 2 MEAN 3.245482 2.894875
Post-graduate work FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.552646 1.501624
Post-graduate work INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.622302 0.457742
DK/RF PERSONAL MEAN 0.237176 0.685559
DK/RF Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.268898 0.55151
DK/RF ADVERTISING MEAN 0.934642 0.85544
DK/RF OTHER 1 MEAN 1.507822 1.156739
DK/RF BILL 2 MEAN 1.265235 2.699278
DK/RF FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.803576 1.296914
DK/RF INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.461068 0.407252