| Table A2-31 First-Class Mail -- Method of Bill Payment Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009 (Recruitment Data) |
YEAR | _TYPE_ | _FREQ_ | PERSON | AUTO_D | INTERNET | PHONE | AUTO_CC | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 0 | 7992 | 90.10435 | 29.68383 | 48.40133 | 36.30576 | 12.04233 | 17.63543 | 1241.642 | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 0 | 8091 | 85.68065 | 26.51166 | 45.21243 | 40.49209 | 12.22095 | 15.12948 | 1162.773 | |||||||||||||
| Method of Payment | 1987 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By mail | 95.7 | 90.1 | 85.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| In person 1 | N/A | 29.7 | 26.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By automatic deduction from bank account | 21.8 | 48.4 | 45.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By personal computer 1 | N/A | 36.3 | 40.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By telephone | 0.8 | 12.0 | 12.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By automatic charge to credit card 1 | N/A | 17.6 | 15.1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Payments | 1987 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total payments per household per month | 9.14 | 12.42 | 11.63 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Due to the way questions were worded in the 1987 version of the Recruitment interview, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| information regarding percentages is unavailable from the data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: Sum of Percentages exceed 100% due to households using more than one method of bill payment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||