Table A2-1 First-Class Mail Contents of Mail Received by Households Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data)
Content	Percent of Total Mail Received by Households			Pieces Per Household Per Week
	1987	2006	2007	1987	2006	2007
Personal:
Holiday card	3.2	1.7	1.4	0.55	0.44	0.35
Other greeting cards	1.7	0.9	1.0	0.29	0.22	0.24
Letter	2.7	0.7	0.7	0.46	0.19	0.18
Package	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01	0.01
Invitations	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.12	0.10	0.10
Announcements	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.03	0.02	0.02
Other personal	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.09	0.05	0.03
Total Personal	9.1	4.0	3.8	1.55	1.04	0.94
Business or Nonfederal Government:
Advertising Only	5.2	6.6	6.0	0.89	1.74	1.50
Notice of order	1.4	1.8	2.1	0.23	0.46	0.54
Bill/invoice/premium �	14.7	12.3	12.5	2.52	3.21	3.11
Financial statement	5.0	4.4	4.7	0.87	1.17	1.18
Payment	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.32	0.24	0.24
Rebate	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.03	0.03
Greeting card	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.05	0.07	0.06
Invitation or announcement	1.5	2.1	2.1	0.26	0.55	0.52
Sweepstakes	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.01	0.00	0.02
Receipts for direct deposit	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.01	0.13	0.22
Insurance policy ‚	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.03	0.13	0.22
Tax forms	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.01	0.07	0.09
CD/DVD/Video game	N/A	N/A	0.4	N/A	0.00	0.11
Other business or government	6.7	0.9	0.8	1.14	0.23	0.19
Packages	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.02	0.11	0.05
Total Business or Government	37.2	30.6	31.4	6.37	8.16	8.07
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit:
Announcement/meeting	1.3	1.1	1.5	0.22	0.30	0.37
Request for donation	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.07	0.12	0.12
Confirmation of donation	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.03	0.06	0.05
Bill/invoice/premium	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.04	0.04	0.03
Educational acceptances	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.02	0.00	0.00
Other social/charitable/political/nonprofit	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.20	0.07	0.06
Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	3.5	2.2	2.5	0.58	0.59	0.62
Don't know/No answer	0.6	1.9	1.6	0.11	0.49	0.41
Total Mail Received by Households	50.4	38.7	39.3	8.61	10.27	10.04
�Includes credit card statement/bill.
‚Estimates for 2006 and 2007 include Insurance Related Mail.
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.