Table A3-17
Standard Mail Treatment of Mail Piece by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Mail Received by Household)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
BL_F A318ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A318ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 42.44486 44.81626
  LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 16.43756 16.13383
  DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 27.00807 24.58791
  SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.98924 6.108407
  Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.120271 8.353592
Treatment of Advertising Previous Customer Organization Known Organization Not Known Total 1 Does or has done business with READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 59.01244 61.21697  
Does or has done business with LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 14.80879 14.91685  
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 Does or has done business with DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 18.14857 16.00452  
Read 58.4 59.0 61.2 31.2 27.6 28.7 26.2 24.2 25.3 41.5 42.4 44.8 Does or has done business with SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.81421 7.682652  
Looked at 23.3 14.8 14.9 38.2 22.1 23.1 35.2 21.3 21.2 26.4 16.4 16.1 Does or has done business with Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.215981 0.17902  
Discarded 7.0 18.1 16.0 23.5 46.4 44.1 31.1 50.3 49.5 14.0 27.0 24.6 Knows, but no one does business with READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 27.61771 28.7359  
Set Aside 10.2 7.8 7.7 6.3 3.6 3.9 6.4 4.1 3.8 8.1 6.0 6.1 Knows, but no one does business with LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 22.14706 23.09324  
Don't know/No answer 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.1 0.2 10.0 8.1 8.4 Knows, but no one does business with DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 46.4056 44.13335  
   Total Mail Received by Household 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Knows, but no one does business with SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.608906 3.92975  
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Knows, but no one does business with Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.220722 0.107763  
1 Total includes pieces for which no response was given as to familiarity. Organization no one in HH knows READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 24.19977 25.27404  
Organization no one in HH knows LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 21.28184 21.23245  
Organization no one in HH knows DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 50.28345 49.5439  
Organization no one in HH knows SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.095185 3.792535  
Organization no one in HH knows Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.13975 0.157079  
DK/RF READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 14.22361 16.78752  
DK/RF LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.243123 5.721166  
DK/RF DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.559612 8.929109  
DK/RF SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.961513 2.31346  
DK/RF Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 71.01214 66.24874