Table A3-18
Standard Mail Usefulness of Mail Pieces by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
BL_F BL_I _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 BL_I _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 37.73998 42.15908
  Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 13.0983 13.88516
  Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 36.12289 34.60883
  Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.704405 0.797596
  Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.334419 8.549334
Reaction to Advertising Previous Customer Organization Known Organization Not Known Total 1 Does or has done business with Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 57.00477 61.42804  
Does or has done business with Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 13.61176 14.18667  
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 Does or has done business with Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 25.74494 23.62854  
Useful 62.5 57.0 61.4 25.9 16.0 18.7 14.8 11.1 11.8 40.2 37.7 42.2 Does or has done business with Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.255952 0.463495  
Interesting 21.7 13.6 14.2 31.7 16.7 18.8 24.4 12.4 15.0 22.0 13.1 13.9 Does or has done business with Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.382574 0.293252  
Not interesting 10.6 25.7 23.6 32.9 59.5 61.0 46.7 68.0 70.6 21.3 36.1 34.6 Knows, but no one does business with Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 15.98902 18.73921  
Objectionable 2.2 3.3 0.5 6.7 7.4 1.1 10.7 8.2 2.3 4.6 4.7 0.8 Knows, but no one does business with Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 16.65721 18.83151  
Don't know/No answer 3.1 0.4 0.3 2.8 0.5 0.4 3.4 0.4 0.3 12.0 8.3 8.5 DK/RF Knows, but no one does business with Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 59.47092 60.97895  
   Total 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 Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.42259 1.090994  
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 0.460264 0.359323  
1 Total includes pieces for which no response was given as to familiarity. Organization no one in HH knows Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.11354 11.79988  
Organization no one in HH knows Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.35234 14.99982  
Organization no one in HH knows Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 68.00499 70.57463  
Organization no one in HH knows Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.168054 2.344821  
Organization no one in HH knows Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.361069 0.280842  
DK/RF Useful PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.49445 13.97802  
DK/RF Interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.895817 6.02252  
DK/RF Not interesting PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.16105 12.7792  
DK/RF Objectionable PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.859474 0.461392  
DK/RF Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 71.58921 66.75887