Table A2-17
First-Class Mail -- Percent of Nonpersonal Mail Received by
Households Which is Sent Presort -- by Content
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
A219COL A21ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A219COL A219ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A219COL _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A219COL _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  HOLIDAY CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency     COUNT Frequency Count 0.098751 0.526517
  Other greeting cards PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     SOCIAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   NONPRESORT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 25.12268 22.79629 NONPRESORT COUNT Frequency Count 1.987089 1.554256
  Invitations PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     BUS/GOVT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   PRESORT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 74.87732 77.20371 PRESORT COUNT Frequency Count 5.922453 5.263767
  LETTER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   NONPRESORT   PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency      
  ANNOUNCEMENTS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   NONPRESORT SOCIAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 58.94746 54.67306    
  OTHER PERSONAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   NONPRESORT BUS/GOVT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 22.42727 20.66319    
Content Percent   Announcement/meeting PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   PRESORT   PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency      
  Request for donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   PRESORT SOCIAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 41.05254 45.32694    
1987 2008 2009   Confirmation of donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   PRESORT BUS/GOVT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 77.57273 79.33681    
Advertising Only 48.8 79.7 75.3   Bill/invoice/premium PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Notice of order 36.1 67.8 71.7   Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Bill/invoice/premium 1 68.9 79.6 81.4   Advertising Only PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Financial Statement 60.8 84.3 85.9   NOTICE OF ORDER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Payment 42.3 62.5 67.5   Bill/invoice/premium 1 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Rebate 27.3 81.0 77.8   FINANCIAL STATEMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Greeting card 25.3 45.0 54.3   PAYMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Invitation or announcement 28.5 63.0 64.6   REBATE PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Sweepstakes 77.5 100.0 32.9   GREETING CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Insurance policy 2 59.5 80.8 91.3   Invitation or announcement PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Tax forms 25.3 78.9 75.4   CD/DVD/VIDEO GAME PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
CD/DVD/Video game N/A 92.9 96.6   Other business or government PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Other business or government 49.7 66.4 72.4   Receipts for direct deposit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 56.7 77.6 79.3 B   SWEEPSTAKES PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Announcement/meeting 10.3 38.0 39.0   Educational acceptances PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Request for donation 19.9 53.3 63.7   Insurance policy 2 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Confirmation of donation 11.8 32.9 42.8   TAX FORMS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Bill/invoice/premium 29.9 47.8 50.3   Don't know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency        
Educational acceptances 37.8 46.2 61.1 NONPRESORT HOLIDAY CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 100      
Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit 18.0 37.4 40.9 NONPRESORT Other greeting cards PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 100      
Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 16.5 41.1 45.3 B NONPRESORT Invitations PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 100      
Total Nonpersonal Mail Received by Households 53.9 74.9 77.2 C NONPRESORT LETTER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 100      
Pieces per Household Per Week 3.74 5.92 5.26 D NONPRESORT ANNOUNCEMENTS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 100      
1 Includes credit card statement/bill. NONPRESORT OTHER PERSONAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 99.68008      
2 Fluctuation may be due to small sample sizes. NONPRESORT Announcement/meeting PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 61.97805 60.99468      
NONPRESORT Request for donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 46.7433 36.31167      
Note: Percents are row percentages within each Mail Type.  NONPRESORT Confirmation of donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 67.07963 57.15028      
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. NONPRESORT Bill/invoice/premium PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 52.21735 49.73035      
NONPRESORT Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 62.55785 59.06645      
NONPRESORT Advertising Only PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 20.25982 24.6763      
NONPRESORT NOTICE OF ORDER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 32.24571 28.33861      
NONPRESORT Bill/invoice/premium 1 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 20.41186 18.58203      
NONPRESORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 15.70663 14.05467      
NONPRESORT PAYMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 37.50524 32.53856      
NONPRESORT REBATE PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 19.01461 22.20188      
NONPRESORT GREETING CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.97681 45.66019      
NONPRESORT Invitation or announcement PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 36.95787 35.38373      
NONPRESORT CD/DVD/VIDEO GAME PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 7.087065 3.437166      
NONPRESORT Other business or government PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 33.57663 27.56614      
NONPRESORT Receipts for direct deposit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.58741 45.57567      
NONPRESORT SWEEPSTAKES PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 67.07707      
NONPRESORT Educational acceptances PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.77511 38.85094      
NONPRESORT Insurance policy 2 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 19.15949 8.703719      
NONPRESORT TAX FORMS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 21.08574 24.5524      
NONPRESORT Don't know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 30.28757 24.55089      
PRESORT HOLIDAY CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0      
PRESORT Other greeting cards PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0      
PRESORT Invitations PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0      
PRESORT LETTER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0      
PRESORT ANNOUNCEMENTS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0      
PRESORT OTHER PERSONAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 0 0.319919      
PRESORT Announcement/meeting PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 38.02195 39.00532      
PRESORT Request for donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.2567 63.68833      
PRESORT Confirmation of donation PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 32.92037 42.84972      
PRESORT Bill/invoice/premium PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 47.78265 50.26965      
PRESORT Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 37.44215 40.93355      
PRESORT Advertising Only PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 79.74018 75.3237      
PRESORT NOTICE OF ORDER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 67.75429 71.66139      
PRESORT Bill/invoice/premium 1 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 79.58814 81.41797      
PRESORT FINANCIAL STATEMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 84.29337 85.94533      
PRESORT PAYMENT PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 62.49476 67.46144      
PRESORT REBATE PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 80.98539 77.79812      
PRESORT GREETING CARD PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.02319 54.33981      
PRESORT Invitation or announcement PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 63.04213 64.61627      
PRESORT CD/DVD/VIDEO GAME PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 92.91293 96.56283      
PRESORT Other business or government PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 66.42337 72.43386      
PRESORT Receipts for direct deposit PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.41259 54.42433      
PRESORT SWEEPSTAKES PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 100 32.92293      
PRESORT Educational acceptances PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 46.22489 61.14906      
PRESORT Insurance policy 2 PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 80.84051 91.29628      
PRESORT TAX FORMS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 78.91426 75.4476      
PRESORT Don't know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 69.71243 75.44911