Table A3-45
Standard Mail from Insurance Companies
Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
Letter Size Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 32.30802 29.61358 3.071096 2.396909 19.79853 20.73663 3.56671 3.952165 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 70.2132 74.05331
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 38.68277 36.54089 4.87607 6.585313 28.58931 35.82063 4.761111 7.287369 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.81542 7.26712
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.07831 42.784 7.370292 21.31297 56.45171 46.55547 8.011753 13.3452 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.105693 0.550263
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 49.0847 57.16316 14.44404 6.924963 63.67062 56.39042 5.758634 6.568762 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.521396 0.586629
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 47.06787 43.36302 0 3.708154 29.32338 25.60834 2.758467 7.503195 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.657564 2.007656
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 39.7366 42.54915 3.421926 4.564228 34.07228 31.87523 1.919232 4.829227 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.85514 13.24247
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 46.72526 47.55511 21.78783 23.37934 66.98578 65.38282 4.52246 1.668989 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.831588 2.292559
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 33.5 32.3 29.6 3.7 3.1 2.4 23.4 19.8 20.7    
Larger envelope 35.8 38.7 36.5 7.2 4.9 6.6 28.3 28.6 35.8    
Postcard 64.3 47.1 43.4 0.0 0.0 3.7 38.0 29.3 25.6    
Catalog (not in envelope) 41.6 49.1 57.2 14.6 14.4 6.9 34.1 63.7 56.4    
Flyers/Circulars 27.2 39.7 42.5 1.4 3.4 4.6 19.6 34.1 31.9    
Magazines/Newsletters 49.1 46.7 47.6 14.1 21.8 23.4 14.1 67.0 65.4    
   
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 6.1 3.6 4.0 66.8 70.2 74.1    
Larger envelope 7.2 4.8 7.3 19.9 10.8 7.3    
Postcard 41.7 2.8 7.5 0.7 1.7 2.0    
Catalog (not in envelope) 0.0 5.8 6.6 1.4 0.5 0.6    
Flyers/Circulars 5.2 1.9 4.8 10.2 12.9 13.2    
Magazines/Newsletters 0.0 4.5 1.7 0.5 2.8 2.3    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each shape category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.