Table A3-58
Number of Mail Order Purchases Within the Last Year by Education of Head of Household
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Recruitment Data)
q79head A358ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A358ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
8th grade or less 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 66.722 67.56974 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 48.64569 51.10021
8th grade or less 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.24333 10.14543 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.32496 12.3717
8th grade or less 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.63996 11.09447 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.50388 12.35258
8th grade or less 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.109512 6.462642 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.21585 10.28869
8th grade or less 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.614489 2.222071 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.880637 5.102125
Number of Purchases < 8th Grade Some High School High School Some College 8th grade or less 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.627577 1.493391 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 6.358802 5.390353
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 8th grade or less 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.043134 1.012253 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.791602 2.978014
0 65.5 66.7 67.6 53.9 57.5 62.8 41.7 52.3 53.0 38.0 46.8 49.6 0 8th grade or less DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0 0 DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.278586 0.416322
1 - 2 14.8 11.2 10.1 16.8 11.8 12.7 22.5 10.9 14.0 20.7 12.6 12.6 2-Jan Some high school 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 57.48971 62.76359  
3 - 5 10.7 7.6 11.1 17.2 14.5 9.9 19.0 12.7 13.0 22.0 12.7 11.9 5-Mar Some high school 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.83519 12.67826  
6 - 10 4.7 8.1 6.5 6.1 8.1 6.8 9.1 10.7 10.3 11.1 11.8 10.5 10-Jun Some high school 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 14.46319 9.884746  
11 - 15 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 4.1 5.1 4.0 2.7 6.4 5.8 15-Nov Some high school 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.129995 6.750987  
16 - 30 0.5 1.6 1.5 1.1 2.7 3.3 2.4 5.2 3.5 2.8 5.4 5.9 16-30 Some high school 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.390665 2.317816  
31 + 0.2 2.0 1.0 0.5 3.0 2.3 0.6 2.9 1.9 0.5 3.8 3.4 31+ Some high school 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.696503 3.323369  
Don't know/No answer 0.7 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.4 2.1 0.6 0.3 DK/RF Some high school 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.994743 2.281233  
   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 Some high school DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0 0  
High school graduate 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 52.34135 53.04402  
Number of Purchases Technical School College Post Graduate Total 1 High school graduate 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.94687 13.96798  
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 High school graduate 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.65735 13.00619  
0 37.2 46.8 49.4 38.0 43.8 47.2 27.0 37.0 40.3 42.2 48.6 51.1 0 High school graduate 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.68703 10.26311  
1 - 2 16.3 12.0 13.3 18.5 11.0 11.3 19.5 10.3 11.1 19.6 11.3 12.4 2-Jan High school graduate 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.056306 3.987992  
3 - 5 20.2 15.4 12.2 21.8 12.0 12.7 22.7 12.7 13.3 19.5 12.5 12.4 5-Mar High school graduate 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.160837 3.484408  
6 - 10 12.8 9.6 11.9 11.9 12.8 10.9 16.4 13.2 12.8 10.0 11.2 10.3 10-Jun High school graduate 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.876496 1.851243  
11 - 15 6.2 6.9 4.2 4.1 7.2 6.7 7.2 8.0 6.8 3.9 5.9 5.1 15-Nov High school graduate DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.273756 0.395059  
16 - 30 3.7 7.1 5.6 2.6 8.7 6.9 5.2 11.3 9.7 2.5 6.4 5.4 16-30 Some college 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 46.80908 49.61953  
31 + 2.6 2.3 3.1 0.9 4.3 3.6 1.1 7.3 5.4 0.7 3.8 3.0 31+ Some college 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.57757 12.57002  
Don't know/No answer 1.2 0.0 0.3 2.1 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 0.3 0.4 DK/RF Some college 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.67209 11.92439  
   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 Some college 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.79041 10.46292  
1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for educational attainment.  Some college 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 6.379397 5.827903  
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Some college 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.35356 5.897775  
Some college 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.825805 3.366785  
Some college DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.592099 0.330683  
Technical school graduate 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 46.79569 49.43587  
Technical school graduate 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.03641 13.26653  
Technical school graduate 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 15.39025 12.16555  
Technical school graduate 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 9.578278 11.91126  
Technical school graduate 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 6.856751 4.228455  
Technical school graduate 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.061284 5.581444  
Technical school graduate 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.281331 3.118215  
Technical school graduate DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0 0.292682  
College graduate 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 43.80854 47.22859  
College graduate 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.96319 11.32579  
College graduate 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.9914 12.67037  
College graduate 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.77288 10.86672  
College graduate 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.229934 6.740899  
College graduate 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.662879 6.905047  
College graduate 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.273191 3.604  
College graduate DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.297991 0.658589  
Post-graduate work 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 37.00603 40.31299  
Post-graduate work 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 10.32667 11.05812  
Post-graduate work 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.73202 13.34726  
Post-graduate work 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 13.22392 12.82124  
Post-graduate work 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.979423 6.833708  
Post-graduate work 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.2601 9.689782  
Post-graduate work 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.317162 5.421344  
Post-graduate work DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.154684 0.515554  
DK/RF 0 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 68.06846 70.30226  
DK/RF 2-Jan PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.01078 4.104366  
DK/RF 5-Mar PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.671878 8.465146  
DK/RF 10-Jun PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0 5.724126  
DK/RF 15-Nov PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.242341 5.549578  
DK/RF 16-30 PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.503275 2.719676  
DK/RF 31+ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.503275 1.359546  
DK/RF DK/RF PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0 1.775304