Table A2-35
Personal Letters and Cards (not greeting cards) Sent by
 Households in an Average Month -- by Income
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
YEAR INCOM _TYPE_ _FREQ_ MEAN SUM SUMWGT INCOM _NAME_ COL1 COL2 YEAR _TYPE_ _FREQ_ MEAN PUS_A _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
2008 Under*7K 0 116 5.58420 811.708 145.3579 Under*7K MEAN 0.01997 0.238732 2008 0 7992 5.6 In a letter size envelope COUNT Frequency Count 0.146914 0.166053
2008 $7-*9.9K 0 144 4.95396 856.0531 172.8019 $7-*9.9K MEAN 0.072745 0.119828 2009 0 8091 4.8 Postcard COUNT Frequency Count 0.010814 0.010197
2008 $10-*14.9K 0 304 4.86489 1772.091 364.2616 $10-*14.9K MEAN 0.14069 0.153926   In an envelope larger than letter size COUNT Frequency Count 0.009845 0.00675
2008 $15-*19.9K 0 272 5.21238 1670.982 320.5794 $15-*19.9K MEAN 0.078972 0.112158   DK/RF COUNT Frequency Count 0.000491 0.000791
2008 $20-*24.9K 0 341 4.77628 1844.153 386.1069 $20-*24.9K MEAN 0.142766 0.151242    
2008 $25-*34.9K 0 633 5.75216 4001.914 695.7243 $25-*34.9K MEAN 0.131528 0.22193    
Income Pieces Per Household Per Month 2008 $35-*49.9K 0 968 5.74922 5623.93 978.208 $35-*49.9K MEAN 0.158128 0.244207    
Recruitment Interview 1
(Perceived volume)
Diary Data
(Actual Volume)
2008 $50-*64.9K 0 1061 5.30515 5495.534 1035.886 $50-*64.9K MEAN 0.146348 0.147192    
2008 $65-*79.9K 0 979 5.60383 5190.11 926.1724 $65-*79.9K MEAN 0.237894 0.172329    
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 2008 $80-*99.9K 0 823 5.15021 3860.591 749.598 $80-*99.9K MEAN 0.140184 0.199972    
< $7K 2 3.9 5.6 4.6 1.7 0.1 1.0 2008 $100K*+ 0 1370 5.23025 6220.582 1189.347 $100K*+ MEAN 0.213709 0.16639    
$7K - $9.9K 2 5.2 5.0 4.4 3.7 0.3 0.5 2008 DK/RF 0 981 6.57017 6188.676 941.9361 DK/RF MEAN 0.197689 0.203818    
$10K - $14.9K 5.0 4.9 5.0 2.2 0.6 0.7 2009 Under*7K 0 112 4.57578 634.7825 138.7265      
$15K - $19.9K 5.0 5.2 5.3 2.5 0.3 0.5 2009 $7-*9.9K 0 174 4.44311 969.1843 218.1318      
$20K - $24.9K 4.2 4.8 5.3 4.4 0.6 0.7 2009 $10-*14.9K 0 285 4.95369 1675.949 338.323      
$25K - $29.9K 5.1 5.8 4.5 2.5 0.6 1.0 2009 $15-*19.9K 0 345 5.25559 2085.641 396.8428      
$30K - $34.9K 4.6 2.9 2009 $20-*24.9K 0 368 5.27214 2158.516 409.4193      
$35K - $49.9K 4.5 5.7 4.4 3.1 0.7 1.1 2009 $25-*34.9K 0 590 4.54718 2793.546 614.3467      
$50K - $64.9K 5.8 5.3 4.6 3.8 0.6 0.6 2009 $35-*49.9K 0 891 4.40643 3922.312 890.1342      
$65K - $79.9K 5.9 5.6 5.0 3.8 1.0 0.7 2009 $50-*64.9K 0 948 4.56019 4084.551 895.6977      
$80K - $99.9K 5.8 5.2 4.5 3.6 0.6 0.9 2009 $65-*79.9K 0 837 4.96398 3838.592 773.2885      
$100K+ 4.2 5.2 4.6 6.0 0.9 0.7 2009 $80-*99.9K 0 781 4.53383 3194.193 704.5239      
Total 4.8 5.6 4.8 3.1 0.7 0.8 2009 $100K*+ 0 1430 4.57662 5302.244 1158.551      
1 Includes thank you notes. 2009 DK/RF 0 1330 5.34008 6532.894 1223.369      
2 Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.         
Note: Total includes households which did not respond to the Income question.