Table A3-50
Standard Mail (A) Reaction to Mail Piece by Education of Head of Household
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
q79head _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 q79head _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 C1Y1M C1Y2M C2Y1M C2Y2M C3Y1M C3Y2M C4Y1M C4Y2M
8th grade or less PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 35.61843 44.74096 7.659024 5.120725 29.34625 41.38818 5.491811 14.31956 8th grade or less COUNT Frequency Count 5.678657 5.495933 2.957779 2.320053 0.636011 0.265536 2.436933 2.146193 0.379949 0.635987
Some high school PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.61798 50.69612 5.014431 5.43303 36.98275 41.57111 14.03545 14.73361 Some high school COUNT Frequency Count 9.447351 9.357818 3.742855 3.187452 0.370783 0.341595 2.734622 2.613728 0.918264 0.823847
High school graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.25435 48.36716 6.033779 5.713735 38.5927 42.70248 10.94605 12.62895 High school graduate COUNT Frequency Count 34.22083 34.33175 4.570967 4.192526 0.609449 0.495274 3.898099 3.701504 0.993241 0.983171
Some college PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 43.80505 46.54583 5.884579 5.680925 38.42894 42.19094 11.3166 12.55117 Some college COUNT Frequency Count 22.08705 22.09227 4.871999 4.359845 0.654483 0.53212 4.274068 3.951932 1.136668 1.067766
Technical school graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 42.9637 45.97944 6.574054 4.386531 37.84121 42.96971 11.50713 12.05072 Technical school graduate COUNT Frequency Count 4.826243 4.729643 4.848978 4.459278 0.741962 0.425424 4.270843 4.167381 1.182577 1.072013
Education of Head of Household Read Immediately Set Aside College graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 41.21209 41.11567 5.730761 7.016454 38.25916 42.045 10.43457 11.4816 College graduate COUNT Frequency Count 27.67378 28.05731 5.480287 4.599692 0.762063 0.784945 5.087613 4.703657 1.25796 1.167408
Percent   Pieces Per Household Percent   Pieces Per Household Post-graduate work PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 36.98007 40.57798 6.316613 6.669506 36.99305 41.57326 9.450799 11.08035 Post-graduate work COUNT Frequency Count 12.19356 12.64378 6.026091 5.206306 1.029324 0.855722 6.028205 5.334005 1.396159 1.288987
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 DK/RF PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 32.89848 52.52993 5.520808 1.29978 23.66865 38.4216 6.297629 10.8099 DK/RF COUNT Frequency Count 0.65602 0.472171 2.260565 5.382539 0.379353 0.133183 1.626352 3.936914 0.383614 1.019437
8th grade or less 43.7 35.6 44.7 2.2 3.0 2.3 7.8 7.7 5.1 0.4 0.6 0.3    
Some high school 46.4 50.6 50.7 2.6 3.7 3.2 6.9 5.0 5.4 0.4 0.4 0.3    
High school graduate 44.4 45.3 48.4 3.1 4.6 4.2 7.3 6.0 5.7 0.5 0.6 0.5    
Some college 41.6 43.8 46.5 3.3 4.9 4.4 7.9 5.9 5.7 0.6 0.7 0.5    
Technical school graduate 41.2 43.0 46.0 3.2 4.8 4.5 9.5 6.6 4.4 0.7 0.7 0.4    
College graduate 37.7 41.2 41.1 3.7 5.5 4.6 9.3 5.7 7.0 0.9 0.8 0.8    
Post-graduate work 37.3 37.0 40.6 4.4 6.0 5.2 8.9 6.3 6.7 1.0 1.0 0.9    
   
   
Education of Head of Household Found Useful Will Respond 1    
Percent   Pieces Per Household Percent   Pieces Per Household    
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
8th grade or less 35.5 29.3 41.4 1.8 2.4 2.1 14.6 5.5 14.3 0.6 0.4 0.6    
Some high school 40.5 37.0 41.6 2.3 2.7 2.6 13.4 14.0 14.7 0.6 0.9 0.8    
High school graduate 40.0 38.6 42.7 2.8 3.9 3.7 15.1 10.9 12.6 0.9 1.0 1.0    
Some college 41.1 38.4 42.2 3.3 4.3 4.0 15.6 11.3 12.6 1.0 1.1 1.1    
Technical school graduate 40.0 37.8 43.0 3.1 4.3 4.2 15.7 11.5 12.1 1.0 1.2 1.1    
College graduate 40.5 38.3 42.0 4.0 5.1 4.7 13.4 10.4 11.5 1.1 1.3 1.2    
Post-graduate work 40.6 37.0 41.6 4.8 6.0 5.3 14.1 9.5 11.1 1.4 1.4 1.3    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each educational attainment classification;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table. 
   
1 Of pieces containing an advertisement or request for funds.