Table A2-15
First-Class Mail Receipt -- Content by Education of Head of Household
(Pieces Per Household Per Week)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
q79head A2DROW _NAME_ COL1 COL2
8th grade or less PERSONAL MEAN 0.994708 0.356065
8th grade or less Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.412855 0.323182
8th grade or less ADVERTISING MEAN 1.249893 0.752374
8th grade or less OTHER 1 MEAN 1.482809 1.899729
8th grade or less BILL 2 MEAN 2.386031 2.301788
8th grade or less FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.788566 0.499465
Contents < 8th Grade Some High School High School Some College 8th grade or less INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.696273 0.18278
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 Some high school PERSONAL MEAN 0.518875 0.420829
Personal 1.1 1.0 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.9 1.5 1.0 0.9 Some high school Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.43412 0.479879
Business or Nonfederal Government:                         Some high school ADVERTISING MEAN 0.931908 0.97444
Advertising 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.4 Some high school OTHER 1 MEAN 1.895684 1.189871
Invitation/Announcement 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 Some high school BILL 2 MEAN 2.676842 2.698516
Bill 2 1.7 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 3.2 3.1 2.6 3.1 3.3 Some high school FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.722237 0.579013
Financial Statement 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 Some high school INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.485735 0.460839
Other 1 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.0 High school graduate PERSONAL MEAN 0.783026 0.868422
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 3.9 6.6 5.6 4.9 6.7 5.9 5.6 7.9 7.5 6.4 8.0 8.1 High school graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.496476 0.480368
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 High school graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.41675 1.235336
Total 5.4 8.0 6.3 6.5 7.7 6.8 7.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 9.4 9.5 High school graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 1.709741 1.791023
High school graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.196196 3.077323
Contents Technical School College Graduate Post Graduate High school graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.112107 0.94695
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 High school graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.485157 0.433825
Personal 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.9 1.1 1.1 2.7 1.3 1.4 Some college PERSONAL MEAN 0.970197 0.864551
Business or Nonfederal Government                   Some college Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.488007 0.497248
Advertising 0.9 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.8 Some college ADVERTISING MEAN 1.424522 1.352083
Invitation/Announcement 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 Some college OTHER 1 MEAN 1.879031 1.994016
Bill 2 2.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 Some college BILL 2 MEAN 3.11082 3.252823
Financial Statement 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.6 Some college FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.056659 1.05069
Other 1 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.9 2.2 2.4 Some college INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.506289 0.496678
Total Business or Nonfederal Government 6.4 8.5 8.1 8.1 9.1 8.7 10.1 9.5 9.6 Technical school graduate PERSONAL MEAN 0.873168 1.082717
Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.1 1.2 Technical school graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.820448 0.42506
Total 8.2 10.2 9.6 11.0 10.9 10.5 14.6 11.9 12.2 Technical school graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.713576 1.287226
Technical school graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 1.973727 2.087202
1 Includes pieces for which no response was given for Mail Type.  Technical school graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.168058 3.063923
2 Includes credit card statement/bill. Technical school graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.212588 1.164563
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. Technical school graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.467488 0.494672
College graduate PERSONAL MEAN 1.065737 1.125315
College graduate Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.756114 0.67917
College graduate ADVERTISING MEAN 1.73535 1.588198
College graduate OTHER 1 MEAN 2.061001 2.051452
College graduate BILL 2 MEAN 3.297507 3.174233
College graduate FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.456849 1.342311
College graduate INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.520091 0.506451
Post-graduate work PERSONAL MEAN 1.343612 1.414331
Post-graduate work Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 1.107059 1.184007
Post-graduate work ADVERTISING MEAN 1.859482 1.837192
Post-graduate work OTHER 1 MEAN 2.231587 2.357038
Post-graduate work BILL 2 MEAN 3.201243 3.245482
Post-graduate work FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 1.601415 1.552646
Post-graduate work INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.583912 0.622302
DK/RF PERSONAL MEAN 0.850592 0.237176
DK/RF Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit MEAN 0.547919 0.268898
DK/RF ADVERTISING MEAN 1.274373 0.934642
DK/RF OTHER 1 MEAN 2.450047 1.507822
DK/RF BILL 2 MEAN 2.722179 1.265235
DK/RF FINANCIAL STATEMENT MEAN 0.729207 0.803576
DK/RF INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT MEAN 0.590467 0.461068