| Table A2-1 First-Class Mail Contents of Mail Received by Households Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| 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. | ||||||