Table A3-77
Nonprofit Standard Mail Reaction by Industry
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
A371ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 A371ROWB _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 READING YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL GRA_I YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL GRA_K YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL
  PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   READ IMMEDIATELY 2008 6726.797 25.78773 53.52329 49.36787 Useful 2007 5672.324 21.74532 51.98192 41.62911   2008 3333.432  
MEDICAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 52.41582 44.70195 7.504286 6.990297 49.54357 40.07632 15.93163 7.411904 ALL OTHER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.306 51.32891 6.580561 5.519973 46.24543 46.68898 11.99709 14.653 READ IMMEDIATELY 2009 5841.183 22.39266 46.47671 46.88173 Useful 2008 5239.785 20.08715 48.01808 42.05487   2009 2500.594  
Union or professional PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.8701 50.09575 5.71668 12.32135 41.09104 50.65383 14.54135 9.219237 Nonprofit Publications PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 48.94473 46.40477 6.537653 6.224563 41.28144 40.97605 14.91625 13.43618 LOOKED AT 2008 2289.49 8.77695 51.10419 16.80254 Interesting 2007 2412.215 9.247426 51.11314 17.70322 Yes 2008 1499.172 7.402869 51.72143 14.56578
CHURCH PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.00627 52.55131 7.12275 6.766093 50.72431 51.85196 19.94967 21.16761   LOOKED AT 2009 2190.554 8.39767 48.89581 17.58154 Interesting 2008 2307.149 8.844647 48.88686 18.51733 Yes 2009 1399.379 6.910094 48.27857 14.05168
VETERANS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 52.81715 53.14398 8.432158 6.742197 41.30708 42.9076 19.4681 19.59357   DISCARDED 2008 2556.64 9.801092 51.25274 18.76315 Not interesting 2007 3675.546 14.09051 51.12056 26.97479 No 2008 6235.343 30.78994 50.21457 60.58186
Industry Percent EDUCATIONAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.97127 46.05397 6.624286 5.896887 45.89241 42.82846 7.649507 6.846387   DISCARDED 2009 2431.659 9.321967 48.74726 19.51666 Not interesting 2008 3514.41 13.47278 48.87944 28.20689 No 2009 6182.055 30.52681 49.78543 62.07626
Read Immediately Set Aside Found Useful Will Respond 1 CHARITIES PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.47115 44.51653 5.336101 6.101269 32.68207 35.93742 14.89588 14.14949   SET ASIDE 2008 890.6812 3.4145 53.80184 6.536698 Objectionable 2007 637.0074 2.442021 82.53259 4.67499 Maybe 2008 1717.461 8.480773 52.16928 16.68665
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 POLITICAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 38.76674 31.86948 5.83372 3.509862 26.399 23.8127 9.389942 7.492245   SET ASIDE 2009 764.8035 2.931937 46.19816 6.138364 Objectionable 2008 134.8179 0.516836 17.46741 1.082058 Maybe 2009 1574.632 7.775486 47.83072 15.81145
Medical 46.3 52.4 44.7 8.1 7.5 7.0 46.1 49.5 40.1 13.4 15.9 7.4 AARP PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 48.32581 48.12136 4.529627 5.358902 40.31442 40.96444 16.93252 15.08304   DK/RF 2008 1162.25 4.455581 48.55956 8.529737 Don't know/No answer 2007 1228.765 4.710574 49.3083 9.017894 No answer 2008 840.4489 4.150112 51.14738 8.165703
Union or Professional 50.1 45.9 50.1 8.5 5.7 12.3 51.6 41.1 50.7 18.4 14.5 9.2 MUSEUM PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 52.34412 58.89194 5.33964 7.301493 46.53044 52.55496 15.78633 16.42262   DK/RF 2009 1231.202 4.719915 51.44044 9.881712 Don't know/No answer 2008 1263.24 4.842734 50.6917 10.13885 No answer 2009 802.7416 3.963914 48.85262 8.060619
Church 64.0 54.0 52.6 6.9 7.1 6.8 59.2 50.7 51.9 25.2 19.9 21.2          
Veterans 56.0 52.8 53.1 9.5 8.4 6.7 44.3 41.3 42.9 22.6 19.5 19.6          
Educational 48.0 51.0 46.1 7.0 6.6 5.9 49.1 45.9 42.8 13.2 7.6 6.8          
Charities 44.6 45.5 44.5 7.2 5.3 6.1 28.3 32.7 35.9 17.7 14.9 14.1          
Political 40.6 38.8 31.9 6.1 5.8 3.5 31.8 26.4 23.8 20.0 9.4 7.5          
AARP 46.1 48.3 48.1 10.7 4.5 5.4 40.9 40.3 41.0 13.6 16.9 15.1          
Museum 53.6 52.3 58.9 8.4 5.3 7.3 44.3 46.5 52.6 12.5 15.8 16.4          
Nonprofit Publications 39.8 48.9 46.4 8.8 6.5 6.2 39.3 41.3 41.0 12.8 14.9 13.4          
Total Mail Received by Households 49.5 49.4 46.9 7.6 6.5 6.1 43.8 41.6 42.1 18.0 14.6 14.1          
1 Percent of pieces containing an advertisement or fundraising request.          
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each industry classification;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.