Table A3-2 Standard Mail1 by Major Industry by Quarter (Pieces Per Household Per Week) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009 (Diary Data)															QTR	A32ROW	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	A348ROWB	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	BL_B	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	BL_D	_NAME_	COL1	COL2
															1st Quarter		MEAN	5.671259	5.153282			1st Quarter		MEAN	1.800528	1.614837			1st Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	4.279316	3.581487			1st Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	11.9271	10.4089
															1st Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.306222	0.955766			1st Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	3.226713	2.46923			1st Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	0.748369	0.375671			1st Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.141101	1.116159
															1st Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.707212	0.428878			1st Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	5.83347	5.339313			1st Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.158789	0.118119			1st Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.072884	0.043286
															1st Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.144568	0.155433			1st Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.732149	1.399191			1st Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	2.797172	2.3901			2nd Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	10.04772	8.492615
															1st Quarter	Department store	MEAN	1.172557	1.017821			1st Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.548226	0.720854			1st Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.110373	0.072589			2nd Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.14891	1.075327
Industry	Quarter 1			Quarter 2			Quarter 3			Quarter 4					1st Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.908429	1.626768			2nd Quarter		MEAN	1.736212	1.481458			1st Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.559804	0.32272			2nd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.07316	0.030609
	1987	2008	2009	1987	2008	2009	1987	2008	2009	1987	2008	2009			1st Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.659527	1.682044			2nd Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	3.00914	2.248272			1st Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	3.756938	3.959316			3rd Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	9.8646	7.627761
Credit Card	0.2	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.4			1st Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.571312	0.548351			2nd Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	4.317492	3.939356			1st Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.643711	0.663771			3rd Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.307012	1.054308
Bank	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3			2nd Quarter		MEAN	5.411767	4.838918			2nd Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.759965	1.60931			1st Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.027976	0.004809			3rd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.074399	0.026425
Total Financial	0.9	3.2	2.5	0.8	3.0	2.2	1.2	2.8	1.9	0.8	2.4	1.7			2nd Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.243369	0.671353			2nd Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.446981	0.299136			1st Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.058639	0.079761			4th Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	8.849362	7.234882
Supermarkets	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1			2nd Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.589747	0.414751			3rd Quarter		MEAN	1.865443	1.494958			2nd Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	4.355095	3.460732			4th Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.188113	1.115374
Department store	1.4	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.1	0.7	0.6			2nd Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.135716	0.112728			3rd Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	2.784107	1.870991			2nd Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	0.754699	0.371267			4th Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.066681	0.030467
Mail order company	1.1	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.1			2nd Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.76651	0.665598			3rd Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	4.344812	3.505176			2nd Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.139239	0.087643
Specialty store	0.8	1.7	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.1	0.8	1.2	1.1	0.7	1.1	1.0			2nd Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.45559	1.14293			3rd Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.73011	1.57084			2nd Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	1.800767	1.647369
Publisher	0.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.5	0.5			2nd Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.020142	1.133982			3rd Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.521539	0.252559			2nd Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.085938	0.045799
Total Merchants	4.9	5.8	5.3	4.8	4.3	3.9	5.0	4.3	3.5	4.8	4.0	3.4			2nd Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.64695	0.618292			4th Quarter		MEAN	1.621793	1.587288			2nd Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.324346	0.249918
Total Services	0.5	1.7	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.6	0.7	1.7	1.6	0.5	1.6	1.4			3rd Quarter		MEAN	5.603037	4.568307			4th Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	2.432558	1.675656			2nd Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	3.089394	3.170289
Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2			3rd Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.003795	0.519467			4th Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	3.991862	3.443736			2nd Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.628439	0.52062
Detached label card	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.1			3rd Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.613616	0.322252			4th Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.615747	1.444005			2nd Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.022833	0.001852
Not from one organization	0.6	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	1.1			3rd Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.141489	0.137533			4th Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.442197	0.211061			2nd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.06904	0.043063
Total Pieces Per Household Per Week	8.2	13.1	11.6	7.3	11.3	9.6	8.4	11.2	8.7	7.4	10.1	8.4			3rd Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.856622	0.568799										3rd Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	4.024826	2.986275
Note: Totals are independent from summation of row stubs since row stubs are not exhaustive of all mail pieces.															3rd Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.268579	1.070867										3rd Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	0.541771	0.358052
1 Prior to 2007 Standard mail volumes were inflated by about 3 billion pieces due to a double count of Detached  Address Labels in the Carrier Cost System (CCS).  Also, volumes through 2007 were understated by about 2 to 3 billion pieces in the CCS.  These CCS volumes are used as a control for survey results.															3rd Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.209888	1.053435										3rd Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.09635	0.095445
															3rd Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.548985	0.467835										3rd Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	1.808813	1.36729
															4th Quarter		MEAN	4.954977	4.353899										3rd Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.076264	0.093571
															4th Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	0.90465	0.444289										3rd Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.345279	0.20941
															4th Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.515392	0.336247										3rd Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	3.633645	3.107354
															4th Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.123207	0.113487										3rd Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.659974	0.46309
															4th Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.742331	0.625609										3rd Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.011922	0.001
															4th Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.235645	1.071626										3rd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.047166	0.027007
															4th Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.10379	0.968879										4th Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	3.69335	2.839844
															4th Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.524165	0.466688										4th Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	0.377328	0.241848
																													4th Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.095691	0.087764
																													4th Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	1.654868	1.376476
																													4th Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.081893	0.085736
																													4th Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.250161	0.228782
																													4th Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	3.351148	3.175872
																													4th Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.53589	0.294259
																													4th Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.004252	0.001372
																													4th Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.059577	0.048769