Table A2-34
First-Class Mail -- Personal Letters and Cards (not greeting cards) Sent by
 Households in an Average Month -- by Education of Head of Household
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
YEAR Q79HEAD _TYPE_ _FREQ_ MEAN SUM SUMWGT q79head _NAME_ COL1 COL2
2008 8th grade or less 0 185 5.221353 1996.398 382.3526 8th grade or less MEAN 0.011223 0.192
2008 Some high school 0 365 4.434466 2788.06 628.7252 Some high school MEAN 0.150939 0.197372
2008 High school graduate 0 2275 5.622615 13073.21 2325.111 High school graduate MEAN 0.134523 0.164128
2008 Some college 0 1527 5.013908 7483.351 1492.519 Some college MEAN 0.148421 0.15454
2008 Technical school graduate 0 317 5.140105 1696.404 330.0329 Technical school graduate MEAN 0.143875 0.138257
2008 College graduate 0 1959 5.795630 10880.66 1877.389 College graduate MEAN 0.202484 0.181828
Education Pieces Per Household Per Month 2008 Post-graduate work 0 1322 6.453547 5336.715 826.943 Post-graduate work MEAN 0.317069 0.290836
Recruitment Interview 1
(Perceived volume)
Diary Data
(Actual Volume)
2008 DK/RF 0 42 6.561601 281.5346 42.90638 DK/RF MEAN 0.139837 0.323532
2009 8th grade or less 0 185 4.572812 1648.195 360.4336  
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 2009 Some high school 0 390 3.813065 2356.034 617.8844  
8th grade or less 3.8 5.2 4.6 1.2 0.0 0.8 2009 High school graduate 0 1995 4.940988 11224.55 2271.722  
Some high school 4.4 4.4 3.8 2.2 0.7 0.9 2009 Some college 0 1514 4.927415 7135.518 1448.126  
High school graduate 4.2 5.6 4.9 2.2 0.6 0.7 2009 Technical school graduate 0 350 4.069959 1223.225 300.5497  
Some college 5.1 5.0 4.9 2.4 0.6 0.7 2009 College graduate 0 2210 4.829666 8990.326 1861.48  
Technical school graduate 5.4 5.1 4.1 2.3 0.6 0.6 2009 Post-graduate work 0 1377 5.130038 4324.431 842.9627  
College graduate 5.5 5.8 4.8 5.1 0.9 0.8 2009 DK/RF 0 70 4.985359 290.1236 58.19511  
Post-graduate work 6.4 6.5 5.1 5.9 1.4 1.3    
 1 Includes thank you notes.