Table A3-2 Standard Mail1 by Major Industry by Quarter (Pieces Per Household Per Week) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008 (Diary Data)															QTR	A32ROW	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	A348ROWB	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	BL_B	_NAME_	COL1	COL2			QTR	BL_D	_NAME_	COL1	COL2
															1st Quarter		MEAN	5.238956	5.671259			1st Quarter		MEAN	1.856764	1.800528			1st Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	3.038559	4.279316			1st Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	10.53875	11.9271
															1st Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.257767	1.306222			1st Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	2.789713	3.226713			1st Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	1.357798	0.748369			1st Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.196429	1.141101
															1st Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.530919	0.707212			1st Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	5.129338	5.83347			1st Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.124448	0.158789			1st Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.106345	0.072884
															1st Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.140748	0.144568			1st Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.308558	1.732149			1st Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	2.352226	2.797172			2nd Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	9.78781	10.04772
															1st Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.966432	1.172557			1st Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.757154	0.548226			1st Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.589171	0.110373			2nd Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.125611	1.14891
Industry	Quarter 1			Quarter 2			Quarter 3			Quarter 4					1st Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.787826	1.908429			2nd Quarter		MEAN	1.754339	1.736212			1st Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	1.176805	0.559804			2nd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.105852	0.07316
	1987	2007	2008	1987	2007	2008	1987	2007	2008	1987	2007	2008			1st Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.315211	1.659527			2nd Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	2.998359	3.00914			1st Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	2.599184	3.756938			3rd Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	10.77643	9.8646
Credit Card	0.2	1.3	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.2	0.3	1.2	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.9			1st Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.60367	0.571312			2nd Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	4.371329	4.317492			1st Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.546614	0.643711			3rd Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.203761	1.307012
Bank	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.5			2nd Quarter		MEAN	5.094402	5.411767			2nd Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.556067	1.759965			1st Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.027925	0.027976			3rd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.079559	0.074399
Total Financial	0.9	2.8	3.2	0.8	3.0	3.0	1.2	3.1	2.8	0.8	2.9	2.4			2nd Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.275343	1.243369			2nd Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.33918	0.446981			1st Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.028798	0.058639			4th Quarter	Material from one organization	MEAN	10.31281	8.849362
Supermarkets	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1			2nd Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.585924	0.589747			3rd Quarter		MEAN	1.803579	1.865443			2nd Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	3.250217	4.355095			4th Quarter	Material from several organizations	MEAN	1.092757	1.188113
Department store	1.4	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.7			2nd Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.141571	0.135716			3rd Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	3.057994	2.784107			2nd Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	1.450688	0.754699			4th Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.045072	0.066681
Mail order company	1.1	1.8	1.9	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.2			2nd Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.660125	0.76651			3rd Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	4.922074	4.344812			2nd Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.125269	0.139239
Specialty store	0.8	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.7	1.3	1.1			2nd Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.533661	1.45559			3rd Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.840777	1.73011			2nd Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	2.021777	1.800767
Publisher	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.5			2nd Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.031871	1.020142			3rd Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.435326	0.521539			2nd Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.568655	0.085938
Total Merchants	4.9	5.1	5.8	4.8	4.4	4.3	5.0	4.9	4.3	4.8	4.9	4.0			2nd Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.696375	0.64695			4th Quarter		MEAN	1.557329	1.621793			2nd Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.987616	0.324346
Total Services	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.4	1.6	1.8	0.7	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.7	1.6			3rd Quarter		MEAN	5.587949	5.603037			4th Quarter	Total Financial	MEAN	2.928022	2.432558			2nd Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	2.012577	3.089394
Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.4			3rd Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	1.224285	1.003795			4th Quarter	Total Merchants	MEAN	4.89631	3.991862			2nd Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.525181	0.628439
Detached label card	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.1			3rd Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.705351	0.613616			4th Quarter	Total Services	MEAN	1.706348	1.615747			2nd Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.0385	0.022833
Not from one organization	0.6	1.2	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.2	1.3	0.4	1.1	1.2			3rd Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.172175	0.141489			4th Quarter	Total Social/Charitable/Political/Nonprofit	MEAN	0.362633	0.442197			2nd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.038793	0.06904
Total Pieces Per Household Per Week	8.2	11.8	13.1	7.3	11.0	11.3	8.4	12.1	11.2	7.4	11.5	10.1			3rd Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.831384	0.856622										3rd Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	3.416152	4.024826
Note: Totals are independent from summation of row stubs since row stubs are not exhaustive of all mail pieces.															3rd Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.449437	1.268579										3rd Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	1.398697	0.541771
1 Prior to 2007 Standard mail volumes were inflated by about 3 billion pieces due to a double count of Detached  Address Labels in the Carrier Cost System (CCS).  Also, volumes through 2007 were understated by about 2 to 3 billion pieces in the CCS.  These CCS volumes are used as a control for survey results.															3rd Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.343806	1.209888										3rd Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.135925	0.09635
															3rd Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.745364	0.548985										3rd Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	1.965938	1.808813
															4th Quarter		MEAN	5.07597	4.954977										3rd Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.261809	0.076264
															4th Quarter	CREDIT CARD	MEAN	0.977027	0.90465										3rd Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	1.400704	0.345279
															4th Quarter	BANK	MEAN	0.810705	0.515392										3rd Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	2.619289	3.633645
															4th Quarter	SUPERMARKETS	MEAN	0.122359	0.123207										3rd Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.781079	0.659974
															4th Quarter	Department store	MEAN	0.82793	0.742331										3rd Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.047407	0.011922
															4th Quarter	Mail order company	MEAN	1.578968	1.235645										3rd Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.03275	0.047166
															4th Quarter	SPECIALTY STORE	MEAN	1.340464	1.10379										4th Quarter	In letter sized envelope	MEAN	3.879727	3.69335
															4th Quarter	PUBLISHER	MEAN	0.717218	0.524165										4th Quarter	In envelope larger than letter size (not catalog)	MEAN	0.865042	0.377328
																													4th Quarter	Catalog in envelope	MEAN	0.123193	0.095691
																													4th Quarter	Catalog not in envelope	MEAN	2.19148	1.654868
																													4th Quarter	Detached label card	MEAN	0.064709	0.081893
																													4th Quarter	Postcard	MEAN	0.619832	0.250161
																													4th Quarter	Addressed flyer/circulars/folded piece	MEAN	2.984572	3.351148
																													4th Quarter	Newspapers/Magazine/Newsletters	MEAN	0.658823	0.53589
																													4th Quarter	Unclassified	MEAN	0.027799	0.004252
																													4th Quarter	DK/RF	MEAN	0.035465	0.059577