Appendix A2: First-Class Mail

Table A2-1
First-Class Mail Contents of Mail Received by Households
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Content

Percent of Total Mail Received by Households

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday card

3.2

1.5

1.6

0.55

0.32

0.34

Other greeting cards

1.7

1.1

1.0

0.29

0.23

0.21

Invitations

0.7

0.4

0.3

0.12

0.09

0.07

Letter

2.7

0.7

0.7

0.46

0.16

0.14

Announcements

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.02

0.02

Package

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.01

0.01

0.01

Other personal

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.09

0.04

0.04

Total Personal

9.1

4.0

3.9

1.55

0.87

0.82

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising Only

5.2

5.0

4.8

0.89

1.09

1.02

Notice of order

1.4

1.9

2.0

0.23

0.42

0.42

Bill/invoice/premium 1

14.7

13.4

12.5

2.52

2.92

2.64

Financial statement

5.0

5.0

4.5

0.87

1.09

0.95

Payment

1.9

1.0

0.9

0.32

0.23

0.20

Rebate

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.03

0.03

Greeting card

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.05

0.06

0.05

Invitation or announcement

1.5

1.5

1.4

0.26

0.32

0.29

CD/DVD/Video game

N/A

0.7

0.7

N/A

0.15

0.15

Receipts for direct deposit

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.01

0.01

Sweepstakes

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.01

0.00

0.01

Insurance policy 2

0.2

0.7

0.4

0.03

0.16

0.09

Tax forms

0.0

0.5

0.4

0.01

0.10

0.09

Other business or government

6.7

1.1

1.3

1.14

0.25

0.28

Packages

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.02

0.03

0.02

Total Business or Government

37.2

31.5

29.6

6.37

6.86

6.26

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcement/meeting

1.3

1.0

1.1

0.22

0.23

0.23

Request for donation

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.07

0.10

0.11

Confirmation of donation

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.03

0.05

0.04

Bill/invoice/premium

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.04

0.03

0.03

Educational acceptances

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.02

0.00

0.00

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

1.2

0.5

0.4

0.20

0.11

0.09

Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

3.5

2.4

2.3

0.58

0.51

0.49

Don't know/No answer

0.6

1.9

2.8

0.11

0.42

0.59

Total Mail Received by Households

50.4

39.8

38.6

8.61

8.67

8.16

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Estimates for 2009 and 2010 include Insurance Related Mail.

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Table A2-2
First-Class Mail Received -- Content by Quarter
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter

Total Personal

Total Business or Nonfederal Government 1

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Quarter One

2.42

1.62

0.51

6.49

6.92

5.67

Quarter Two

1.56

0.62

0.56

6.38

7.11

5.69

Quarter Three

1.16

0.69

0.61

6.56

6.35

6.16

Quarter Four

1.04

0.54

1.56

6.00

6.12

6.46

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-3
Use of First-Class Advertising-Only Mail -- by Industry
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Percent of First-Class "Advertising Only"

Percent of Total First Class Mail

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

7.0

7.1

7.5

0.4

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

Bank

7.0

5.7

5.9

0.4

0.7

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

Securities

5.4

1.4

1.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Money Market

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Insurance

7.8

7.7

6.9

0.4

1.0

0.8

0.1

0.1

0.1

Mortgage

3.7

4.6

4.7

0.2

0.6

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

Other Financial

1.1

0.5

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Financial

32.2

27.4

27.0

1.7

3.4

3.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

1.3

1.6

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department Store

7.0

3.8

4.1

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

Mail Order

8.5

3.3

4.5

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.0

Other Store

9.3

11.6

12.2

0.5

1.4

1.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

Publisher

10.8

3.3

2.9

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

Land Promotion

3.8

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Online Auction

N/A

0.2

0.5

N/A

0.0

0.1

N/A

0.0

0.0

Restaurant

0.2

0.6

0.7

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

1.0

4.4

4.1

0.1

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Auto dealers

2.2

3.4

3.8

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Service stations

0.1

2.7

2.6

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Merchants

3.2

3.1

2.3

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Merchants

46.1

38.0

39.7

2.4

4.8

4.9

0.4

0.4

0.4

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

1.9

3.1

2.3

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other utility

0.7

1.1

1.6

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Medical

1.7

6.1

5.9

0.1

0.8

0.7

0.0

0.1

0.1

Other professional

1.7

1.9

2.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Leisure service

7.7

9.0

7.7

0.4

1.1

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

Cable TV

0.8

1.7

2.9

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Computer

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Craftsman

0.1

1.9

1.8

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.1

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Other Services

2.9

5.4

4.6

0.1

0.7

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

Total Services

17.5

30.7

29.4

0.9

3.8

3.6

0.2

0.3

0.3

Federal government

N/A

1.7

2.2

N/A

0.2

0.3

N/A

0.0

0.0

Nonfederal government

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.0

0.7

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Don't Know/No Answer

3.2

0.4

0.8

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Advertising-Only Mail Received by Households

100.0

98.8

99.5

5.2

12.4

12.3

0.9

1.1

1.0

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Table A2-4
Percentage of First-Class Mail Containing Advertising1 by Household Income
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income

First-Class Mail

1987

2009

2010

< $7K

18.6

20.1

17.6

$7K - $9.9K

21.1

20.9

19.2

$10K - $14.9K

25.5

24.2

23.3

$15K - $19.9K

23.4

23.9

27.3

$20K - $24.9K

24.3

23.3

22.8

$25K - $29.9K

25.5

24.5

25.5

$30K - $34.9K

27.0

24.5

25.5

$35K - $49.9K

29.5

29.0

25.0

$50K - $64.9K

29.4

26.1

25.8

$65K - $79.9K

29.9

28.5

26.2

$80K - $99.9K

33.3

27.0

27.4

$100K+

31.6

28.9

26.4

 

 

 

 

1 Includes advertising only, advertising enclosed, and business invitations/announcements.

 


Table A2-5
First-Class Mail Usage of Reply Envelopes -- by Industry
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industry

BRM

CRM

Total Reply Mail

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

12.2

9.4

9.1

14.0

26.0

24.2

13.7

22.8

21.0

Bank

10.5

6.4

6.8

5.5

6.6

6.7

6.8

6.5

6.7

Securities

9.5

3.8

4.1

1.4

0.9

1.4

3.1

1.5

2.0

Money Market

1.1

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.2

Insurance

13.0

8.5

8.7

9.5

8.7

8.4

10.3

8.6

8.4

Mortgage

1.6

1.4

1.0

0.4

2.1

2.0

0.6

2.0

1.8

Other Financial

1.4

0.6

0.8

0.4

0.2

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.7

Total Financial

49.3

30.6

30.8

31.4

44.7

43.5

35.0

42.0

40.8

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

Department Store

3.7

0.7

0.4

9.4

1.1

0.9

8.1

1.0

0.8

Mail Order

4.6

1.2

1.7

2.3

1.1

1.3

2.6

1.1

1.4

Other Store

1.2

0.4

0.4

1.8

0.7

0.6

1.6

0.7

0.6

Publisher

8.2

4.4

2.3

6.8

2.4

2.2

7.0

2.8

2.2

Land Promotion

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

Online auction

N/A

0.0

0.1

N/A

0.1

0.1

N/A

0.1

0.1

Restaurant

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.7

1.4

0.7

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.3

Auto dealers

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

Service stations

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.1

Other Merchants

0.8

0.7

0.4

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.6

0.4

Total Merchants

21.1

9.0

6.4

21.2

6.4

5.9

21.2

6.9

6.0

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

3.6

2.9

2.1

11.8

10.6

9.1

10.3

9.1

7.6

Other utility

3.1

3.6

3.9

14.4

13.2

13.6

12.1

11.4

11.6

Medical

3.8

5.8

5.9

8.6

9.8

11.3

7.6

9.1

10.1

Other professional

1.0

0.6

1.5

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.8

Leisure service

1.6

1.2

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.9

0.5

0.4

Cable TV

0.5

0.9

1.4

3.5

4.9

4.8

2.9

4.1

4.1

Computer

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.2

Craftsman

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

24.9

23.6

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

4.9

5.0

Other services

1.8

2.9

3.6

1.0

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.7

1.7

Total Services

15.6

43.2

43.1

40.5

41.2

41.2

35.5

41.6

41.6

Federal government

N/A

3.0

5.7

N/A

1.0

0.9

N/A

1.4

1.9

Nonfederal government

10.0

3.9

3.5

2.1

2.3

3.5

2.2

2.6

3.5

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

2.6

10.1

10.1

3.6

4.1

4.5

5.0

5.3

5.7

Don't know/No answer

1.4

0.3

0.4

1.2

0.1

0.4

1.2

0.2

0.4

Total Nonhousehold Mail Received

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

by Households

Pieces per household per week

0.5

0.5

0.6

2.1

2.3

2.1

2.7

2.8

2.7

Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-6
First-Class Mail -- Enclosure of Reply Envelopes -- by Content
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industry

BRM

CRM

Total Reply Mail

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising Only

33.7

15.0

14.6

5.2

2.5

2.7

11.0

4.9

5.2

Notice of Order

3.0

2.4

2.8

1.6

0.9

1.2

2.0

1.1

1.5

Bill/invoice/premium 1

19.0

25.5

24.1

75.3

86.0

83.9

63.2

74.5

71.5

Financial Statement

6.4

5.8

5.9

3.2

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

4.0

Payment

1.54

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.8

0.3

0.2

Rebate

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

Greeting Card

0.6

0.8

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

Invitation

4.7

3.0

3.1

0.6

0.7

0.7

1.5

1.1

1.2

CD/DVD/Video Game

N/A

27.3

26.1

N/A

0.0

0.1

N/A

5.2

5.4

Other business or nonfederal government

20.9

6.6

9.5

10.0

1.9

2.4

12.2

2.8

3.8

Total Business or Nonfederal Government

89.9

86.6

86.6

96.4

95.5

94.7

95.1

93.8

93.0

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcement/meeting

1.8

2.7

2.6

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.9

1.1

1.1

Request for donation

4.4

4.9

6.0

1.2

2.1

2.5

1.8

2.6

3.2

Confirmation of donation

0.5

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.4

Bill/invoice/premium

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.9

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.5

0.4

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

3.2

1.4

0.6

0.8

0.4

0.4

1.3

0.5

0.4

Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

10.2

10.0

9.9

3.6

4.1

4.5

4.9

5.2

5.6

Total Received by Households

100.0

96.6

96.5

100.0

99.6

99.2

100.0

99.0

98.7

Pieces Per Household Per Week

0.5

0.5

0.5

2.1

2.3

2.1

2.7

2.8

2.7

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-7
First-Class Mail -- Industry Usage of Reply Envelopes
(Percentage of Pieces From Each Industry That Contain Reply Mail)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Business Reply

Courtesy Reply

No Reply Mail

Don't Know/
No Answer

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

13.0

5.5

6.0

59.2

63.0

60.2

20.9

26.9

28.6

7.0

4.7

5.2

Bank

5.3

3.3

4.0

11.1

14.0

14.8

75.3

77.7

74.4

8.3

5.0

6.8

Securities

18.2

6.0

7.5

10.4

6.0

9.4

64.8

83.2

78.6

6.7

4.8

4.5

Money Market

24.2

6.2

5.7

15.2

10.6

11.3

54.4

78.8

78.5

6.2

4.3

4.5

Insurance

10.2

5.3

5.9

29.6

22.4

21.6

50.6

65.6

63.7

9.5

6.8

8.8

Mortgage

8.9

4.8

3.7

9.0

30.5

29.0

72.6

62.5

64.2

9.6

2.2

3.1

Total Financial

9.7

4.8

5.4

24.4

29.1

28.9

57.6

60.9

59.3

8.2

5.2

6.4

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

N/A

1.0

4.7

N/A

6.4

3.5

N/A

89.9

88.7

N/A

2.7

3.1

Department Store

5.4

4.7

2.9

54.4

30.3

23.6

33.4

59.5

66.3

6.9

5.5

7.2

Mail Order

15.1

8.1

11.0

30.4

31.5

31.8

46.8

53.2

53.5

7.7

7.2

3.7

Other Store

3.0

1.1

1.3

18.4

9.2

7.5

73.1

87.2

87.2

5.5

2.5

4.0

Publisher

15.1

19.7

13.3

44.4

45.0

47.0

32.2

29.4

32.7

8.2

5.9

7.0

Land Promotion

6.2

0.0

0.0

5.7

8.5

18.7

78.0

91.5

81.3

10.2

0.0

0.0

Online auction

N/A

0.7

3.7

N/A

16.3

11.4

N/A

75.3

83.8

N/A

7.6

1.1

Restaurant

12.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

74.8

96.8

97.9

12.9

3.2

2.1

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

8.8

6.9

4.8

5.0

4.9

5.2

67.0

83.5

85.5

19.3

4.7

4.5

Auto dealers

3.5

1.2

1.3

2.6

2.4

2.1

86.9

93.2

93.3

7.0

3.3

3.2

Service stations

0.7

1.6

1.6

11.6

2.8

4.6

84.2

93.8

90.0

3.6

1.7

3.8

Total Merchants

8.8

5.7

4.9

35.2

19.6

18.4

47.8

70.1

71.8

8.1

4.6

5.0

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

5.1

4.3

3.9

67.7

64.6

63.6

17.1

24.9

24.4

10.0

6.2

8.1

Other utility

3.3

4.2

4.9

60.0

63.8

64.1

28.7

27.4

25.9

8.0

4.6

5.0

Medical

4.3

5.0

5.5

38.2

35.6

39.5

49.6

54.3

50.4

8.0

5.1

4.7

Other professional

6.0

2.5

7.2

10.9

10.4

10.6

72.3

80.6

78.6

10.8

6.5

3.7

Leisure service

5.8

4.3

3.0

9.7

5.9

6.6

75.0

84.8

87.2

9.5

5.0

3.2

Cable TV

2.2

2.9

4.6

63.3

64.0

59.2

24.8

28.9

27.9

9.7

4.2

8.2

Computer

4.0

3.0

3.1

6.6

32.1

16.8

80.1

58.7

64.5

9.3

6.2

15.5

Craftsman

2.7

5.0

4.8

14.2

5.4

4.1

66.4

85.5

88.3

16.7

4.1

2.9

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

94.8

94.5

N/A

0.5

0.6

N/A

3.0

3.7

N/A

1.7

1.2

Total Services

4.4

10.2

11.3

45.9

40.3

40.6

40.5

44.5

42.8

9.2

5.0

5.4

Federal government

N/A

7.6

12.9

N/A

10.6

7.6

N/A

75.2

71.1

N/A

6.6

8.4

Nonfederal government

4.2

6.3

6.0

13.3

15.7

22.3

74.9

71.4

66.6

7.6

6.6

5.1

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

9.1

10.1

10.7

13.0

17.0

18.1

64.3

64.5

62.7

13.7

8.4

8.6

Total Nonhousehold Mail Received

7.7

7.0

7.6

30.5

28.8

28.7

52.3

57.5

55.5

9.6

6.7

8.2

Pieces per household per week

0.5

0.5

0.6

2.1

2.3

2.1

3.6

4.5

4.1

0.7

0.5

0.6

Note: Percents are row percentages within each Industry classification.


Table A2-8
First-Class Mail -- Industry Mail to Households
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Percent of Non-Household Mail Received by Households

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

2.9

4.6

4.4

0.50

0.94

0.86

Bank

6.2

5.2

4.9

1.06

1.06

0.97

Securities

1.6

1.7

1.6

0.28

0.35

0.31

Money Market

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.02

0.04

0.03

Insurance

3.9

4.3

4.2

0.68

0.88

0.83

Mortgage

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.10

0.16

0.15

Other financial

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.08

0.05

0.07

Total Financial

15.8

17.0

16.3

2.72

3.48

3.21

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.00

0.02

0.02

Department Store

2.1

0.4

0.4

0.37

0.08

0.08

Mail Order

0.9

0.4

0.4

0.16

0.08

0.09

Other Store

1.2

0.9

0.9

0.21

0.18

0.17

Publisher

1.9

0.6

0.5

0.33

0.12

0.10

Land Promotion

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.05

0.01

0.01

Online auction

N/A

0.1

0.1

N/A

0.01

0.01

Restaurant

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.00

0.01

0.01

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.04

0.11

0.08

Auto dealers

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.04

0.05

0.05

Service stations

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.00

0.03

0.03

Other Merchants

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.08

0.15

0.12

Total Merchants

7.4

4.2

3.9

1.28

0.86

0.77

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

2.2

1.8

1.5

0.37

0.37

0.30

Other utility

3.0

2.3

2.3

0.51

0.47

0.45

Medical

2.8

3.1

3.1

0.47

0.63

0.61

Other professional

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.09

0.12

0.12

Leisure service

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.15

0.15

0.12

Cable TV

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.12

0.17

0.17

Computer

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.02

0.02

Craftsman

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.03

0.03

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.7

0.7

N/A

0.14

0.14

Other Services

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.14

0.18

0.17

Total Services

11.1

11.2

10.9

1.87

2.28

2.14

Federal government

N/A

1.1

1.3

N/A

0.22

0.25

Nonfederal government

2.0

1.6

1.7

0.34

0.34

0.33

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

3.4

2.7

2.7

0.59

0.55

0.53

Don't Know/No Answer

0.9

0.6

1.0

0.14

0.13

0.20

Total Industry Mail to Households

40.6

38.4

37.8

6.94

7.85

7.43

Note: Pieces per Household per Week totals do not match those in Table A2-1 due to the exclusion of
Personal Mail, Packages, and Mail Pieces for which no response was given to Mail Type.

Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Table A2-9
First-Class Mail -- Bills and Statements
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Percent of Total
First-Class

Pieces Per
Household per Week

Percent of Total
First-Class

Pieces Per
Household per Week

Bills 1

Statements

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

1.8

8.8

8.3

0.3

0.8

0.7

0.1

N/A

N/A

0.0

N/A

N/A

Bank

1.0

2.1

2.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

3.2

7.2

6.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

Securities

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

2.6

2.5

0.1

0.2

0.2

Money Market

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Insurance

1.6

4.2

4.0

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.9

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

Mortgage

0.1

0.7

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Financial

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Financial

4.7

16.0

15.3

0.8

1.4

1.3

4.5

11.4

10.5

0.8

1.0

0.9

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department Store

1.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mail Order

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Store

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Publisher

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Land Promotion

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Online Auction

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Restaurant

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Auto dealers

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Service stations

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Merchants

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Merchants

2.9

1.9

1.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

1.6

3.4

2.9

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other utility

2.4

4.9

4.9

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Medical

1.7

3.7

4.0

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other professional

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Leisure service

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cable TV

0.5

1.6

1.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Computer

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Craftsman

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Other Services

0.2

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Services

6.7

14.7

14.3

1.2

1.3

1.2

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Federal government

N/A

0.2

0.2

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.3

0.3

N/A

0.0

0.0

Nonfederal government

0.3

0.6

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Don't Know/No Answer

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Bills or Statements Received by

14.9

33.4

32.0

2.6

2.9

2.6

5.0

12.5

11.6

0.9

1.1

0.9

Households

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Table A2-10
Use of First-Class Business Invitations/Announcements Mail -- by Industry
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Percent of
First-Class
Business Invitations and Announcements

Percent of Total First Class Mail

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

3.6

4.6

5.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Bank

8.9

10.7

9.4

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Securities

5.3

6.5

5.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Money Market

0.1

0.1

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Insurance

7.4

8.0

10.3

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mortgage

2.5

2.6

2.8

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other financial

1.7

1.3

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Financial

29.5

33.9

34.4

0.5

1.2

1.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department Store

2.8

1.1

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Mail Order

1.0

0.6

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Store

4.6

1.7

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Publisher

3.6

0.9

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Land Promotion

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Online auction

N/A

0.3

0.1

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Restaurant

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

2.3

2.6

2.3

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Auto dealers

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Service stations

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other Merchants

4.1

5.5

4.5

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Merchants

20.4

14.1

11.6

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

2.6

1.5

1.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other utility

1.6

2.1

1.7

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Medical

11.0

16.3

15.9

0.2

0.6

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

Other professional

5.2

5.2

9.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Leisure service

9.9

3.7

3.8

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Cable TV

0.3

1.7

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Computer

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Craftsman

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Other Services

4.9

6.1

8.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total Services

36.9

37.0

40.4

0.6

1.3

1.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

Federal government

N/A

6.6

4.1

N/A

0.2

0.1

N/A

0.0

0.0

Nonfederal government

9.7

8.1

9.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Don't Know/No Answer

3.5

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Total Business Invitations/Announcements

100.0

100.0

100.0

1.5

3.4

3.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

   Mail Received by Households

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 


 

Table A2-11
Use of First-Class Advertising-Enclosed Mail1-- by Industry
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Industry Breakdown of First-Class Household Mail That is "Advertising Enclosed"

Percent of Total First Class Mail

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Card

18.3

25.1

26.6

1.3

2.3

2.3

0.22

0.32

0.29

Bank

11.7

11.0

10.5

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.14

0.14

0.12

Securities

4.2

2.2

1.9

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.05

0.03

0.02

Money Market

0.8

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.01

0.00

0.00

Insurance

4.2

4.8

4.4

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.05

0.06

0.05

Mortgage

0.8

1.3

1.3

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.02

0.01

Other Financial

5.8

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.07

0.00

0.00

Total Financial

40.0

44.8

45.2

2.8

4.2

3.9

0.48

0.58

0.50

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Department Store

14.2

1.3

1.6

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.17

0.02

0.02

Mail Order

2.5

0.6

1.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.01

0.01

Other Store

2.5

1.0

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.01

0.01

Publisher

5.0

1.3

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.06

0.02

0.02

Land Promotion

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Online auction

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.00

0.00

Restaurant

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.0

0.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.01

0.00

Auto dealers

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Service stations

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Other Merchants

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.01

0.00

0.00

Total Merchants

25.8

5.5

5.9

1.8

0.5

0.5

0.31

0.07

0.06

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

8.3

12.5

11.6

0.6

1.2

1.0

0.10

0.16

0.13

Other utility

8.3

8.6

9.7

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.10

0.11

0.11

Medical

1.7

1.2

1.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.02

0.02

0.01

Other professional

1.7

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.02

0.00

0.00

Leisure service

0.0

0.7

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.00

0.01

0.01

Cable TV

4.2

6.1

6.1

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.05

0.08

0.07

Computer

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Craftsman

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.00

0.00

0.00

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

8.2

6.1

N/A

0.8

0.5

N/A

0.11

0.07

Other Services

0.8

1.2

1.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.02

0.01

Total Services

25.0

39.0

37.4

1.7

3.6

3.2

0.30

0.50

0.41

Federal government

N/A

0.9

0.8

N/A

0.1

0.1

N/A

0.01

0.01

Nonfederal government

0.8

1.1

1.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.01

0.01

0.01

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

7.5

8.4

9.1

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.09

0.11

0.10

Don't Know/No Answer

0.8

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.01

0.00

0.01

   Total Advertising Enclosed

100.0

100.0

100.0

7.0

9.3

8.5

1.20

1.27

1.09

   Mail Received by Households

 1 Does not include "Advertising Only" mail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Table A2-12
First-Class Mail Received -- by Number of Financial Accounts and Insurance Policies
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Accounts and Policies

None

Low (1-5)

Medium (6-9)

High (10+)

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Pieces per household per week

3.2

3.8

3.6

5.6

6.0

5.3

8.5

8.1

7.7

12.4

10.7

10.1

 

 

Table A2-13
First-Class Mail Received -- by Number of Credit Cards
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Credit Cards

None

Low (1-3)

Medium (4-7)

High (8+)

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Pieces per Household per Week

4.8

5.3

5.4

7.3

7.5

6.9

9.9

9.4

8.8

13.2

11.1

11.0

 


 

Table A2-14
First-Class Mail Receipt -- Content by Age of Head of Household
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

18 - 21

22 - 24

25 - 34

35 - 44

 

 

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

 

 

Personal

1.6

0.3

0.2

0.8

0.4

0.3

1.2

0.7

0.9

1.5

0.8

0.7

 

 

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.3

0.9

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.8

1.0

1.1

1.0

 

 

Invitation/Announcement

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

 

 

Bill 2

1.5

1.5

2.3

1.8

1.6

1.3

2.6

2.7

2.4

3.0

3.3

2.9

 

 

Financial Statement

0.6

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.6

1.0

1.0

0.9

 

 

Other 1

0.7

1.6

2.4

1.0

1.1

0.9

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.9

1.6

1.7

 

 

     Total Business or Nonfederal Government

3.3

4.0

6.2

3.6

4.1

3.2

5.6

6.1

5.5

7.2

7.4

6.9

 

 

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.3

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.6

0.5

 

 

Total

5.3

4.6

7.0

4.7

4.7

3.7

7.3

7.1

6.8

9.6

8.8

8.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

45 - 54

55 - 64

65 - 69

70+

70 - 74

75+

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

2009

2010

Personal

1.8

0.9

0.8

1.8

0.8

0.8

1.7

1.0

1.0

1.9

1.2

1.0

1.1

0.8

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.0

1.3

1.2

0.7

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.9

Invitation/Announcement

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

Bill 2

3.1

3.2

3.1

2.7

3.3

2.8

2.0

2.9

2.8

1.6

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.0

Financial Statement

1.1

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.2

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.8

1.3

1.0

1.1

0.9

Other 1

2.1

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.0

1.9

1.8

2.2

2.1

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.3

2.5

     Total Business or Nonfederal Government

7.8

8.0

7.8

7.2

8.4

7.5

6.1

7.8

7.5

5.2

7.2

7.0

6.8

6.4

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.5

Total

10.4

9.5

9.2

9.9

9.8

8.9

8.5

9.4

9.0

7.6

9.0

8.5

8.4

7.7

1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-15
First-Class Mail Receipt -- Content by Education of Head of Household
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

< 8th Grade

Some High School

High School

Some College

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal

1.1

0.5

0.5

1.1

0.5

0.4

1.3

0.8

0.6

1.5

0.7

0.8

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.9

0.7

0.7

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

Invitation/Announcement

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

Bill 2

1.7

2.0

1.6

2.0

2.4

2.5

2.4

3.1

2.6

2.6

3.0

2.8

Financial Statement

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.9

Other 1

1.2

1.6

3.0

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.6

1.8

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.7

Total Business or Nonfederal Government

3.9

5.1

5.7

4.9

5.7

5.9

5.6

7.2

6.5

6.4

7.1

6.8

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.4

Total

5.4

5.8

6.5

6.5

6.4

6.5

7.4

8.4

7.6

8.5

8.3

8.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

Technical School

College Graduate

Post Graduate

 

 

 

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

 

 

 

Personal

1.3

0.8

0.8

1.9

1.0

1.1

2.7

1.3

1.2

 

 

 

Business or Nonfederal Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

0.9

1.1

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.3

 

 

 

Invitation/Announcement

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.4

 

 

 

Bill 2

2.5

3.0

2.5

3.1

3.0

2.7

3.4

2.9

2.7

 

 

 

Financial Statement

0.9

1.1

0.9

1.2

1.3

1.1

1.7

1.5

1.3

 

 

 

Other 1

1.8

1.7

1.7

2.2

2.0

1.9

2.9

1.9

2.1

 

 

 

Total Business or Nonfederal Government

6.4

7.4

6.5

8.1

7.9

7.3

10.1

8.2

7.9

 

 

 

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.4

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.7

0.6

1.7

1.0

0.9

 

 

 

Total

8.2

8.8

7.7

11.0

9.6

8.9

14.6

10.5

10.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-16
First-Class Receipt -- Content by Income
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment and Diary Data)

Contents

<Under $7K

$7K - $9.9K

$10K - $14.9

$15K - $19.9K

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal

0.9

0.2

0.2

1.3

0.4

0.2

1.1

0.6

0.4

1.5

0.4

0.3

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.5

0.6

Invitation/Announcement

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

Bill 2

1.2

0.9

1.0

1.5

1.6

1.2

1.9

2.1

1.9

2.3

2.2

1.6

Financial Statement

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.6

0.5

Other 1

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

2.1

1.5

1.8

1.7

1.3

1.6

1.7

     Total Business or Nonfederal Government

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.7

5.2

4.6

5.2

5.1

4.6

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.3

Total

4.3

3.5

3.6

5.5

4.4

4.3

6.2

5.9

5.2

7.3

5.7

5.1

Contents

$20K - $24.9K

$25K - $29.9K

$30K - $34.9K

$35K - $49.9K

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal

1.3

0.5

0.7

1.5

0.8

0.7

1.8

0.8

0.7

1.7

0.7

0.7

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.8

0.8

0.7

1.0

0.8

0.7

1.1

1.0

0.8

Invitation/Announcement

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.3

Bill 2

2.6

2.1

1.8

2.5

2.7

2.4

2.9

2.7

2.4

3.2

2.8

2.5

Financial Statement

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.9

0.8

0.7

1.1

0.9

0.8

Other 1

1.5

1.7

1.8

1.9

1.5

1.6

1.9

1.5

1.6

2.1

1.7

1.7

       Total Business or Nonfederal Government

5.7

5.4

5.2

6.3

6.1

5.7

7.1

6.1

5.7

7.9

6.6

6.1

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.8

0.4

0.4

Total

7.5

6.2

6.2

8.5

7.2

6.7

9.8

7.2

6.7

10.4

7.7

7.3

Contents

$50K - $64.9K

$65K - $79.9K

$80K - $99.9K

$100K+

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal

2.1

0.8

0.7

2.2

0.9

1.0

2.1

1.0

1.0

2.7

1.3

1.2

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising

1.5

1.0

1.2

2.1

1.2

1.1

2.4

1.3

1.4

2.4

1.7

1.5

Invitation/Announcement

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.5

Bill 2

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.9

3.2

2.9

4.2

3.5

3.5

4.6

3.7

3.2

Financial Statement

1.5

1.1

1.0

1.8

1.3

1.0

1.8

1.4

1.3

2.0

1.5

1.4

Other 1

2.5

2.0

2.0

3.3

1.8

2.0

3.1

1.8

1.8

3.2

2.2

2.3

���� Total Business or Nonfederal Government

9.4

7.5

7.5

11.5

7.8

7.4

12.1

8.5

8.4

12.9

9.5

8.9

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

1.0

0.5

0.5

1.1

0.6

0.4

1.2

0.6

0.6

1.6

0.9

0.8

Total

12.6

8.8

8.6

14.9

9.3

8.9

15.5

10.1

10.0

17.5

11.6

10.9

1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: 2009/2010 Estimates for Income Levels $25K-$29.9K are identical to those in $30K-$34.9K since categories used to collect data only included $25K-$34.9K.

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Table A2-17
First-Class Mail -- Percent of Nonpersonal Mail Received by
Households Which is Sent Presort -- by Content
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

Percent

1987

2009

2010

Advertising Only

48.8

75.3

76.7

Notice of order

36.1

71.7

68.0

Bill/invoice/premium 1

68.9

81.4

78.1

Financial Statement

60.8

85.9

83.4

Payment

42.3

67.5

57.3

Rebate

27.3

77.8

76.5

Greeting card

25.3

54.3

36.7

Invitation or announcement

28.5

64.6

59.0

Sweepstakes

77.5

32.9

100.0

Insurance policy 2

59.5

91.3

82.0

Tax forms

25.3

75.4

76.3

CD/DVD/Video game

N/A

96.6

95.2

Other business or government

49.7

72.4

69.2

Total Business or Nonfederal Government

56.7

79.3

76.1

Announcement/meeting

10.3

39.0

35.3

Request for donation

19.9

63.7

46.9

Confirmation of donation

11.8

42.8

30.0

Bill/invoice/premium

29.9

50.3

46.9

Educational acceptances

37.8

61.1

17.1

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

18.0

40.9

34.0

Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

16.5

45.3

37.7

Total Nonpersonal Mail Received by Households

53.9

77.2

73.3

Pieces per Household Per Week

3.74

5.26

4.87

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

2 Fluctuation may be due to small sample sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Percents are row percentages within each Mail Type.

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-18
Total Percentage of Industry's First-Class Mail Received by
Households Which is Sent Presort
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industry

Percent Sent Presort

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

Credit Card

76.9

92.9

88.6

Bank

59.1

85.0

84.0

Securities

37.6

81.1

78.6

Money Market

52.4

80.4

74.5

Insurance

62.2

87.9

83.3

Mortgage

19.0

63.3

61.4

Total Financial

58.9

86.5

83.3

Merchants:

 

 

 

Supermarkets

N/A

75.6

72.9

Department Store

73.5

82.2

87.4

Mail Order

50.0

82.6

81.8

Other Store

33.1

70.3

73.4

Publisher

58.9

84.6

83.6

Land Promotion

61.9

72.8

77.9

Online auction

N/A

51.6

36.0

Restaurant

50.0

70.7

64.1

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

30.8

75.3

73.6

Auto dealers

45.5

74.8

67.4

Service stations

14.3

73.4

80.9

Total Merchants

55.0

72.7

71.6

Services:

 

 

 

Telephone

84.4

55.6

52.0

Other utility

81.2

82.9

82.4

Medical

35.9

67.3

63.1

Other professional

7.8

41.9

46.6

Leisure service

31.1

70.7

69.9

Cable TV

57.3

84.1

77.5

Computer

15.4

84.0

63.2

Craftsman

22.2

40.3

46.3

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

97.6

97.1

Total Services

56.7

70.3

67.7

Federal government

N/A

83.8

82.9

Nonfederal government

54.0

77.4

68.5

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

16.5

45.3

37.5

Total Nonhousehold Mail Received by households

53.9

72.7

65.9

Pieces per household per week

3.7

5.6

5.3

Note: Percents are row percentages within each Industry classification.

 

 

 


 

Table A2-19
First-Class Mail -- Total Envelopes by Sector
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector

1987

2009

2010

Household-to-household

9.4

6.4

6.4

Household-to-nonhousehold

12.3

16.2

16.4

Nonhousehold-to-household

39.2

50.4

49.7

Unidentified incoming

0.6

3.1

4.7

Unidentified outgoing

1.4

0.8

1.1

�� Subtotal

62.9

76.9

78.3

Nonhousehold-to-nonhousehold

37.1

23.1

21.7

�� Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Envelopes.�

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-20
First-Class Mail -- Total Envelopes by Content
(Percentage of Total Envelopes)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Content

Percentage of Total Envelopes

1987

2009

2010

Personal:

 

 

 

Holiday card

3.3

2.6

2.9

Other greeting cards

1.7

1.8

1.8

Invitations

1.2

0.6

0.5

Letter

2.6

1.2

1.1

Announcements

0.1

0.2

0.1

Other personal

0.5

0.3

0.3

�� Total Personal

9.4

6.6

6.7

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

Advertising only

4.5

4.0

4.1

Notice of order

1.2

2.7

3.0

Bill/invoice/premium 1

15.1

23.3

22.6

Financial statement

5.3

8.8

8.2

Payment

2.0

1.8

1.7

Rebate

0.0

0.2

0.2

Greeting card

0.2

0.4

0.3

Invitation or announcement

1.3

2.0

1.9

Sweepstakes

0.0

0.0

0.0

Receipts for direct deposit

N/A

0.1

0.1

Insurance policy 2

0.2

1.2

0.8

Tax Forms

0.0

0.8

0.7

CD/DVD/Video game

N/A

1.2

1.3

Other business or government

6.7

1.9

2.2

�� Total Business or Nonfederal Government

36.4

48.4

47.2

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit:

 

 

 

Announcement/meeting

1.2

1.2

1.3

Request for donation

0.4

0.7

0.9

Confirmation of donation

0.2

0.3

0.3

Bill/invoice/premium

0.2

0.2

0.2

Educational acceptances

0.1

0.0

0.0

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

0.7

0.7

0.6

�� Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

2.8

3.2

3.3

Don't Know/No answer

0.6

3.2

4.8

�� Total Envelopes Received by Households

49.2

61.5

62.1

�� Pieces Per Household Per Week

8.11

7.55

7.15

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Envelopes.�

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-21
First-Class Mail -- Total Envelopes by Industry
(Percentage of Total Envelopes )
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

Credit card

2.7

7.5

7.3

Bank

5.7

8.4

8.1

Securities

1.5

2.7

2.6

Money Market

0.1

0.3

0.2

Insurance

3.6

6.7

6.9

Mortgage

0.5

1.0

1.0

Other financial

0.4

0.4

0.6

�� Total Financial

14.5

27.0

26.7

Merchants:

 

 

 

Supermarkets

N/A

0.1

0.1

Department store

1.8

0.4

0.5

Mail order

0.7

0.4

0.5

Other store

0.9

0.6

0.6

Publisher

1.6

0.8

0.7

Land Promotion

0.2

0.0

0.0

Online auction

N/A

0.1

0.1

Restaurant

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.2

0.6

0.5

Auto dealers

0.2

0.3

0.3

Service stations

0.0

0.1

0.1

Other merchants

0.3

1.0

0.8

�� Total Merchants

5.9

4.3

4.0

Services:

 

 

 

Telephone

2.0

2.9

2.5

Other Utility

2.4

3.5

3.7

Medical

2.4

4.3

4.6

Other professional

0.4

0.8

0.9

Leisure service

0.7

0.6

0.5

Cable TV

0.6

1.3

1.3

Computer

0.1

0.1

0.2

Craftsman

0.1

0.1

0.1

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

1.2

1.2

Other Services

0.6

1.0

1.0

�� Total Services

9.2

15.8

15.9

Federal government

N/A

1.6

1.9

Nonfederal government

1.7

2.4

2.6

Social/charitable/political/nonprofit

2.9

3.5

3.6

Don't know/No answer

0.5

0.9

1.5

�� Total Envelopes Received by Households from Non-Households

34.6

55.6

56.3

�� Pieces Per Household Per Week

6.4

6.8

6.5

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Envelopes.�

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-22
First-Class Mail -- Nonpresort Envelopes by Sector
(Percentage of Total Envelopes)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector

1987

2009

2010

Household-to-household

12.5

9.1

17.6

Household-to-nonhousehold

17.3

40.3

42.6

Nonhousehold-to-household

25.2

33.2

42.3

Unidentified incoming

0.5

1.9

4.3

Unidentified outgoing

2.5

2.1

2.7

Subtotal

58.0

86.6

109.5

Nonhousehold-to-nonhousehold

42.0

13.4

-9.5

�� Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Envelopes.�

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

Table A2-23
First-Class Mail -- Total Cards by Sector
(Percentage of Total Cards)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector

1987

2009

2010

Household-to-household

9.2

3.1

2.7

Household-to-nonhousehold

8.5

3.5

2.9

Nonhousehold-to-household

56.8

49.5

49.9

Unidentified incoming

0.6

0.9

1.3

Unidentified outgoing

0.0

0.5

0.3

�� Subtotal

75.1

57.5

57.0

Nonhousehold-to-nonhousehold

24.9

42.5

43.0

�� Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Cards.��

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-24
First-Class Mail -- Total Cards by Industry
(Percentage of Total Cards)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

Credit card

0.2

0.6

0.4

Bank

0.2

1.3

1.6

Securities

0.2

0.5

0.2

Money Market

0.0

0.0

0.0

Insurance

1.1

2.4

2.2

Mortgage

1.3

2.1

1.9

Other financial

0.3

0.2

0.2

�� Total Financial

3.2

7.2

6.5

Merchants:

 

 

 

Supermarkets

0.0

0.1

0.3

Department store

4.2

1.1

1.4

Mail order

5.0

1.0

1.2

Other store

6.4

6.6

6.9

Publisher

4.0

0.9

0.8

Land Promotion

1.1

0.1

0.2

Online auction

N/A

0.1

0.2

Restaurant

0.2

0.5

0.6

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.3

1.5

1.0

Auto dealers

0.6

0.4

0.6

Service stations

0.3

1.7

1.4

Other merchants

2.2

1.4

1.2

�� Total Merchants

24.4

15.2

15.7

Services:

 

 

 

Telephone

0.3

0.7

0.7

Other Utility

7.9

2.5

2.0

Medical

4.7

6.8

6.2

Other professional

1.0

1.3

1.3

Leisure service

4.0

2.7

2.3

Cable TV

1.0

0.3

1.2

Computer

0.2

0.2

0.2

Craftsman

0.0

1.1

1.2

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.0

0.0

Other Services

2.7

3.0

3.2

�� Total Services

21.7

18.6

18.2

Federal government

N/A

1.0

2.2

Nonfederal government

1.4

2.0

1.6

Social/charitable/political/nonprofit

5.9

5.1

5.8

Don't know/No answer

N/A

0.3

0.8

Total Mail Recieved by Households

56.7

49.5

50.8

Pieces Per Household Per Week

0.4

0.4

0.4

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Cards.��

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-25
First-Class Mail -- Total Cards by Content
(Percentage of Total Cards)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

Percentage of Total Envelopes

1987

2009

2010

Personal:

 

 

 

Holiday card

0.9

0.2

0.2

Other greeting cards

1.1

0.5

0.8

Invitations

1.7

1.2

0.6

Letter

3.9

0.9

0.5

Announcements

0.2

0.2

0.2

Other personal

1.4

0.1

0.3

�� Total Personal

9.2

3.1

2.7

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

Advertising only

22.2

28.1

29.0

Notice of order

5.1

6.0

4.6

Bill/invoice/premium 1

10.6

3.3

2.2

Financial statement

0.1

0.3

0.4

Payment

0.1

0.2

0.1

Rebate

0.1

0.4

0.4

Greeting card

0.8

1.2

1.0

Invitation or announcement

7.3

3.8

4.0

Sweepstakes

0.4

0.0

0.0

Receipts for direct deposit

0.2

0.1

0.0

Insurance policy 2

0.1

0.2

0.0

Tax Forms

0.0

0.1

0.2

CD/DVD/Video game

N/A

0.6

1.8

Other business or government

3.9

0.0

0.0

�� Total Business or Nonfederal Government

50.9

44.4

43.7

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit:

 

 

 

Announcement/meeting

4.0

3.8

4.3

Request for donation

0.3

0.4

0.3

Confirmation of donation

0.3

0.2

0.2

Bill/invoice/premium

0.1

0.1

0.1

Educational acceptances

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

1.2

0.6

0.9

�� Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

5.9

5.0

5.8

Don't Know/No answer

0.6

0.9

1.3

�� Total

66.6

53.4

53.4

�� Pieces Per Household Per Week

0.5

0.42

0.38

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Cards.��

 

 

 

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-26
First-Class Mail -- Cards Received by Households -- Household's
Percentage of Total Mail Received at Each Category
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

Total Nonpresort Cards

Total Presort Cards

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Personal:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday card

1.3

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other greeting cards

1.5

0.4

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

Invitations

2.3

1.2

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

Letter

5.3

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Announcements

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other personal

1.7

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

�� Total Personal

12.4

2.8

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

Business or Nonfederal Government:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising only

16.8

1.6

0.0

38.0

21.3

21.8

Notice of order

6.1

0.6

0.0

2.2

3.1

1.9

Bill/invoice/premium 1

5.7

0.4

0.0

25.0

2.1

1.8

Financial statement

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

0.3

Payment

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

Rebate

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.3

0.4

Greeting card

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.5

0.4

Invitation or announcement

8.2

0.5

0.0

4.2

2.3

2.5

Other business or government

4.2

0.0

0.1

5.2

0.7

1.5

�� Total Business or Nonfederal

42.4

3.3

0.1

75.4

30.7

30.6

�� Government

Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcement/meeting

4.9

0.4

0.0

1.1

1.6

1.9

Request for donation

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.0

Confirmation of donation

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Bill/invoice/premium

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit

1.4

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.5

�� Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit

7.1

0.8

0.0

1.3

2.0

2.4

Don't Know/No answer

0.7

0.1

0.0

1.7

0.5

0.6

�� Total Mail Recieved by Household

62.6

7.0

2.5

78.4

33.3

33.7

�� Pieces Per Household Per Week

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.2

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Cards.��

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Includes credit card statement/bill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-27
First-Class Mail -- Cards Received bv Households -- Household's Percentage of
�Total Mail Received at Each Card Rate Category -- by Industry
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

Industry

Percent of Total Nonpresort

Percent of Total Presort

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Financial:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit card

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.5

0.4

Bank

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

1.0

1.4

Securities

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.4

0.1

Money Market

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Insurance

12.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

2.1

1.8

Mortgage

1.4

0.1

0.0

0.6

1.4

1.1

Other financial

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.1

�� Total Financial

3.3

0.3

0.0

2.4

5.5

5.0

Merchants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supermarkets

N/A

0.0

0.0

6.1

0.1

0.1

Department store

3.5

0.0

0.0

6.1

1.0

1.2

Mail order

3.7

0.0

0.0

8.6

0.7

0.8

Other store

6.1

0.4

0.0

6.9

5.4

5.7

Publisher

3.1

0.1

0.0

6.6

0.7

0.7

Land Promotion

0.9

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.1

0.2

Restaurant

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.5

Consumer packaged goods/manufacturers

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.6

1.2

0.8

Auto dealers

0.5

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.3

0.4

Service stations

0.4

0.1

0.0

0.1

1.4

1.3

Other merchants

1.9

0.2

0.0

2.7

0.7

0.6

�� Total Merchants

20.3

0.9

0.0

34.6

12.0

12.1

Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.6

0.6

Other Utility

3.1

0.3

0.0

21.5

1.6

1.7

Medical

5.9

1.2

0.0

0.5

2.2

1.7

Other professional

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.8

0.8

0.9

Leisure service

3.0

0.2

0.0

6.9

2.1

1.7

Cable TV

0.5

0.0

0.0

1.9

0.3

1.1

Computer

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.1

Craftsman

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.8

Netflix and Blockbuster

N/A

0.0

0.0

N/A

0.0

0.0

Other Services

2.9

0.2

0.0

2.2

1.9

2.0

�� Total Services

16.6

2.1

0.0

34.8

10.5

10.5

Federal government

N/A

0.1

0.1

N/A

0.8

2.0

Nonfederal government

1.0

0.1

0.0

3.0

1.4

1.0

Social/charitable/political/nonprofit

7.1

0.8

0.0

2.1

2.1

2.5

Don't know/No answer

1.0

0.1

0.0

1.5

0.1

0.4

�� Total Mail From Nonhouseholds

49.4

4.1

0.0

78.4

31.6

31.5

�� Received by Households

�� Pieces Per Household Per Week

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.2

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Cards.��

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table A2-28
First-Class Mail Sent by Households to Nonhouseholds
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail Sent

Percentage of
Total First-Class Mail

Pieces Per
Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Business Transactions -- In Response to Advertising:

 

 

 

 

 

 

�� Total Response to Advertising

3.6

1.2

1.2

0.6

0.2

0.1

Business Transactions -- Not in Response to Advertising:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction to phone/utility company

2.0

2.9

2.8

0.4

0.4

0.4

Transaction to credit card company

1.5

2.1

2.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

All other business mail

5.1

8.4

8.8

0.9

1.2

1.1

�� Total Business Not In Response to Advertising

8.6

13.4

13.8

1.5

1.8

1.8

Don't know / No answer

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

�� Total Mail Sent by Households to Nonhouseholds

12.2

14.8

15.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table A2-29
First-Class Mail Originating in Households and Nonhouseholds
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Diary Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector

Percentage of First-Class Mail

Pieces Per Household Per Week

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

Household-to-household

9.1

6.2

6.3

1.6

0.9

0.8

Household-to-nonhousehold

12.2

14.8

15.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

Nonhousehold-to-household

40.6

54.1

53.5

7.0

7.4

6.8

Unknown outgoing

1.9

0.8

1.0

0.3

0.1

0.1

Unknown incoming

0.6

3.1

4.6

0.1

0.4

0.6

�� Subtotal

64.4

79.0

80.6

11.1

10.9

10.3

Nonhousehold-to-nonhousehold

35.6

21.0

19.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

�� Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

Base: RPW Total, First-Class Letters & Cards.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Table A2-30
First-Class Mail Media by Which Mail Order Purchases
Made in the Past Month Were Ordered
(Percentage of Orders)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

1987

2009

2010

Phone

31.0

21.0

21.1

Mail

67.2

25.2

23.8

Other

1.7

53.8

55.2

��� Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

Table A2-31
First-Class Mail -- Method of Bill Payment
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method of Payment

1987

2009

2010

By mail

95.7

85.7

85.0

In person 1

N/A

26.5

27.8

By automatic deduction from bank account

21.8

45.2

52.0

By personal computer 1

N/A

40.5

42.8

By telephone

0.8

12.2

12.7

By automatic charge to credit card 1

N/A

15.1

18.8

 

 

 

 

Number of Payments

1987

2009

2010

�� Total payments per household per month

9.14

11.63

11.43

 

 

 

 

1 Due to the way questions were worded in the 1987 version of the Recruitment interview,

 

�� information regarding percentages is unavailable from the data.

 

 

Note: Sum of Percentages exceed 100% due to households using more than one method of bill payment.

 


 

Table A2-38
First-Class Mail -- Use of Automatic Deductions
(Percent of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment Data)

 

 

 

 

Deductions

1987

2009

2010

0

78.1

52.2

46.4

1

13.1

14.3

16.9

2

4.4

11.6

13.3

3

1.6

7.1

8.1

>3

1.3

12.1

13.8

Don't know/No answer

0.5

1.4

1.6

Total

100.0

98.8

100.0

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 


Table A2-39
First-Class Mail -- Use of Automatic Deductions -- by Income
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment Data)

Number of Monthly Deductions

<Under $7K 1

$7K - $9.9K 1

$10K - $14.9

$15K - $19.9K

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

0

89.1

74.4

64.2

87.0

69.4

70.4

87.3

64.8

56.4

84.3

63.4

54.3

1

6.4

8.8

10.1

7.5

13.3

9.7

7.9

15.8

16.6

9.5

14.6

15.5

2

1.6

7.9

7.8

2.3

5.8

11.5

2.2

7.8

12.1

1.3

8.0

11.0

3

0.3

5.8

4.8

1.3

8.0

5.7

0.8

4.3

4.4

1.1

6.6

6.9

4 +

0.7

1.1

10.2

0.9

3.1

2.7

0.6

7.3

10.3

1.0

6.3

11.4

Don't know/No answer

1.9

2.1

2.9

1.0

0.5

0.0

1.2

0.0

0.2

2.8

1.1

0.9

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

Mean

0.1

1.9

3.0

0.2

2.0

2.1

0.2

2.6

2.6

0.2

2.3

2.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Monthly Deductions

$20K - $24.9K

$25K - $29.9K

$30K - $34.9K

$35K - $49.9K

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

0

78.3

61.0

57.3

71.1

52.4

45.7

75.8

52.4

45.7

66.1

52.8

46.8

1

15.8

13.6

16.4

16.8

16.0

18.9

14.8

16.0

18.9

20.0

14.2

18.8

2

2.4

7.9

11.2

8.0

12.4

13.1

6.0

12.4

13.1

8.6

12.5

13.5

3

1.0

8.4

6.9

1.1

7.0

8.6

1.4

7.0

8.6

2.6

8.9

8.2

4 +

1.1

8.1

7.8

1.1

11.6

13.2

1.6

11.6

13.2

2.2

11.3

12.3

Don't know/No answer

1.4

1.0

0.4

1.9

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.4

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

Mean

0.3

2.9

2.4

0.3

2.8

2.8

0.4

2.8

2.8

0.6

2.9

2.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Monthly Deductions

$50K - $64.9K

$65K - $79.9K

$80K - $99.9K

$100K+

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

0

68.5

48.9

38.9

68.7

49.9

42.0

76.3

44.6

41.5

68.2

42.4

34.9

1

18.6

15.0

18.2

18.6

16.8

18.7

17.6

15.8

20.8

18.2

14.9

16.9

2

5.7

13.2

16.0

8.8

13.6

13.3

2.2

15.0

14.4

5.7

15.0

15.7

3

4.0

7.6

8.4

2.4

7.2

10.3

3.4

8.3

7.8

2.8

8.1

10.7

4 +

1.9

14.5

17.3

1.1

11.9

14.7

0.5

15.1

14.9

3.7

18.5

19.9

Don't know/No answer

1.3

0.9

1.1

0.4

0.6

1.0

0.0

1.1

0.6

1.4

1.1

1.8

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

Mean

0.5

3.1

3.0

0.5

2.9

3.0

0.3

3.1

2.9

0.5

3.5

3.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: 1987 figures reflect the response to "How many payments each month are automatically deducted on a prearranged

 

 

 

��������������������� basis from savings or checking accounts?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: 2009/2010 Estimates for Income Levels $25K-$29.9K are identical to those in $30K-$34.9K since categories used to collect data only included $25K-$34.9K.

Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table A2-40
First-Class Mail -- Use of Automatic Deductions -- by Age
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2009 and 2010
(Recruitment Data)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Monthly Deductions

18-21

22-24

25-34

35-44

 

 

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

 

 

0

89.3

46.9

62.5

92.0

60.4

56.6

75.3

50.9

43.7

73.5

49.0

41.4

 

 

1

7.7

26.3

14.5

5.1

15.9

20.5

15.5

16.7

20.9

16.0

15.8

20.3

 

 

2

2.1

6.5

0.0

1.2

8.4

6.1

5.8

12.5

13.2

5.4

13.5

16.0

 

 

3

0.0

3.0

11.8

0.2

6.3

3.7

1.5

7.4

6.4

1.9

6.6

7.1

 

 

4 +

0.5

7.8

7.4

0.2

6.8

7.6

1.1

10.0

13.3

1.4

12.9

13.1

 

 

Don't know/No answer

0.4

9.5

3.8

1.3

2.1

5.5

0.8

2.5

2.5

1.8

2.2

2.1

 

 

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

 

 

Mean

0.2

2.6

3.8

0.1

2.5

2.3

0.4

2.8

2.9

0.4

3.1

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Monthly Deductions

45-54

55-64

65-69

70+

70-74

75+

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

1987

2009

2010

2009

2010

0

70.9

52.2

47.8

79.7

54.0

45.9

81.6

52.2

45.5

88.1

52.6

46.7

55.8

50.0

1

18.5

16.9

18.5

11.2

15.3

18.4

10.7

11.9

14.4

5.7

10.8

11.1

10.6

12.2

2

4.1

13.1

12.0

5.1

11.7

13.8

2.7

11.0

16.1

2.7

12.0

15.1

9.7

10.8

3

2.8

6.4

7.6

0.8

6.6

8.1

2.0

9.4

9.7

1.6

8.9

7.9

7.9

9.8

4 +

1.0

10.1

12.4

1.6

11.2

12.7

2.1

14.8

13.3

1.1

14.9

18.8

15.8

16.5

Don't know/No answer

2.7

1.3

1.8

1.6

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.7

1.0

0.8

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.7

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

100.0

100.0

Mean

0.4

2.7

2.9

0.3

3.0

2.8

0.4

3.3

2.8

0.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.3

NOTE: 1987 figures reflect the response to "How many payments each month are automatically deducted on a

 

 

 

 

 

���������� prearranged basis from savings or checking accounts?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals may not sum due to rounding.