Table A2-16
First-Class Receipt -- Content by Income
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment and Diary Data)		 INCOM A2DROW _NAME_ COL1 COL2
Under*7K PERSONAL MEAN 0.206108 0.222411
Under*7K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.241711 0.186827
Under*7K ADVERTISING MEAN 0.901054 0.281919
Under*7K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.454602 1.433185
Contents <Under $7K $7K - $9.9K $10K - $14.9 $15K - $19.9K Under*7K BILL 2 MEAN 1.648857 0.883803
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 Under*7K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.239263 0.382016
Personal 0.9 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.4 Under*7K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.231991 0.068467
Business or Nonfederal Government:                         $7-*9.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.351671 0.445581
Advertising 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 $7-*9.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.325302 0.216804
Invitation/Announcement 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 $7-*9.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 0.585357 0.405685
Bill 2 1.2 1.6 0.9 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.2 $7-*9.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.561025 1.223349
Financial Statement 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 $7-*9.9K BILL 2 MEAN 1.891295 1.621681
Other 1 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.6 $7-*9.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.319662 0.367534
     Total Business or Nonfederal Government 3.2 4.5 3.0 3.8 4.6 3.8 4.7 5.7 5.2 5.2 4.7 5.1 $7-*9.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.220376 0.166116
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 $10-*14.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.64816 0.588333
Total 4.3 4.9 3.5 5.5 5.3 4.4 6.2 6.7 5.9 7.3 5.5 5.7 $10-*14.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.377994 0.175802
$10-*14.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 0.681548 0.711568
Contents $20K - $24.9K $25K - $29.9K $30K - $34.9K $35K - $49.9K $10-*14.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.823837 1.784141
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 $10-*14.9K BILL 2 MEAN 2.324718 2.064664
Personal 1.3 0.7 0.5 1.5 0.6 0.8 1.8 0.6 0.8 1.7 0.8 0.7 $10-*14.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.422356 0.418732
Business or Nonfederal Government:                         $10-*14.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.441417 0.199738
Advertising 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 $15-*19.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.56946 0.410989
Invitation/Announcement 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 $15-*19.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.282582 0.213052
Bill 2 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.0 2.8 $15-*19.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 0.614831 0.503707
Financial Statement 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.9 $15-*19.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.254296 1.604498
Other 1 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.5 2.1 1.6 1.7 $15-*19.9K BILL 2 MEAN 1.84785 2.218091
       Total Business or Nonfederal Government 5.7 6.1 5.4 6.3 5.8 6.1 7.1 5.8 6.1 7.9 7.0 6.6 $15-*19.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.529677 0.573704
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 $15-*19.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.433747 0.205735
Total 7.5 7.1 6.2 8.5 6.8 7.2 9.8 6.8 7.2 10.4 8.3 7.7 $20-*24.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.716231 0.538693
$20-*24.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.33052 0.259863
Contents $50K - $64.9K $65K - $79.9K $80K - $99.9K $100K+ $20-*24.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 1.086707 0.68907
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 $20-*24.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.63605 1.656498
Personal 2.1 0.9 0.8 2.2 1.0 0.9 2.1 1.1 1.0 2.7 1.3 1.3 $20-*24.9K BILL 2 MEAN 2.339565 2.121317
Business or Nonfederal Government:                         $20-*24.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.69425 0.793533
Advertising 1.5 1.2 1.0 2.1 1.4 1.2 2.4 1.6 1.3 2.4 2.2 1.7 $20-*24.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.31175 0.16728
Invitation/Announcement 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.5 $25-*34.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.635446 0.797006
Bill 2 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.3 3.2 4.2 3.5 3.5 4.6 3.9 3.7 $25-*34.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.320287 0.312875
Financial Statement 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.3 1.4 2.0 1.6 1.5 $25-*34.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 0.85587 0.751402
Other 1 2.5 1.9 2.0 3.3 2.1 1.8 3.1 2.1 1.8 3.2 2.4 2.2 $25-*34.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.485414 1.521156
     Total Business or Nonfederal Government 9.4 7.9 7.5 11.5 8.7 7.8 12.1 9.0 8.5 12.9 10.9 9.5 $25-*34.9K BILL 2 MEAN 2.481613 2.681423
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.0 0.9 $25-*34.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.671813 0.830152
Total 12.6 9.4 8.8 14.9 10.3 9.3 15.5 10.8 10.1 17.5 13.2 11.6 $25-*34.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.319626 0.292097
1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.  $35-*49.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.818906 0.68525
2 Includes credit card statement/bill. $35-*49.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.455075 0.429969
Note: 2008/2009 Estimates for Income Levels $25K-$29.9K are identical to those in $30K-$34.9K since categories used to collect data only included $25K-$34.9K.  $35-*49.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 1.091569 0.967019
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. $35-*49.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.644648 1.655131
$35-*49.9K BILL 2 MEAN 2.988543 2.792373
$35-*49.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.933744 0.900688
$35-*49.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.356404 0.243473
$50-*64.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.922403 0.824621
$50-*64.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.520961 0.516982
$50-*64.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 1.210895 1.012361
$50-*64.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 1.900475 2.005443
$50-*64.9K BILL 2 MEAN 3.301794 3.043374
$50-*64.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.027711 1.080281
$50-*64.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.483756 0.32525
$65-*79.9K PERSONAL MEAN 0.983294 0.894169
$65-*79.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.613079 0.56152
$65-*79.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 1.446376 1.16726
$65-*79.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 2.111626 1.825811
$65-*79.9K BILL 2 MEAN 3.257531 3.200075
$65-*79.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.332033 1.273535
$65-*79.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.535276 0.331938
$80-*99.9K PERSONAL MEAN 1.116585 1.025696
$80-*99.9K Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.689361 0.573152
$80-*99.9K ADVERTISING MEAN 1.553948 1.331842
$80-*99.9K OTHER 1 MEAN 2.134789 1.831557
$80-*99.9K BILL 2 MEAN 3.485982 3.517697
$80-*99.9K FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.310775 1.421156
$80-*99.9K INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.527771 0.401304
$100K*+ PERSONAL MEAN 1.264379 1.251107
$100K*+ Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 1.049791 0.853231
$100K*+ ADVERTISING MEAN 2.210112 1.674286
$100K*+ OTHER 1 MEAN 2.411295 2.202774
$100K*+ BILL 2 MEAN 3.940328 3.680243
$100K*+ FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.599478 1.52531
$100K*+ INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.690132 0.461639
DK/RF PERSONAL MEAN 1.079638 0.945615
DK/RF Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.672123 0.592222
DK/RF ADVERTISING MEAN 1.542072 1.21417
DK/RF OTHER 1 MEAN 1.9497 1.914319
DK/RF BILL 2 MEAN 2.761699 2.746447
DK/RF FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.144594 1.225947
DK/RF INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.463028 0.327251