| Table A2-31 First-Class Mail -- Method of Bill Payment Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008 (Recruitment Data) |
YEAR | _TYPE_ | _FREQ_ | PERSON | AUTO_D | INTERNET | PHONE | AUTO_CC | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | 0 | 8213 | 92.86138 | 32.7129 | 54.17826 | 30.89607 | 13.94932 | 21.86389 | 1223.024 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | 0 | 7992 | 90.10435 | 29.68383 | 48.40133 | 36.30576 | 12.04233 | 17.63543 | 1241.642 | |||||||||||||
| Method of Payment | 1987 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By mail | 95.7 | 92.9 | 90.1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| In person 1 | N/A | 32.7 | 29.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By automatic deduction from bank account | 21.8 | 54.2 | 48.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By personal computer 1 | N/A | 30.9 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By telephone | 0.8 | 13.9 | 12.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| By automatic charge to credit card 1 | N/A | 21.9 | 17.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Payments | 1987 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total payments per household per month | 9.14 | 12.23 | 12.42 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||