Table A3-8
Standard Mail Shape by Addressee
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Shape Specific Household Member Occupant/Resident No Answer Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Letter size envelope 89.5 89.7 90.8 8.6 6.3 6.4 1.9 3.9 2.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Larger than
Letter size envelope
87.2 88.9 89.3 11.1 7.8 8.5 1.7 3.3 2.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Detached label card 5.5 3.0 5.4 94.4 96.9 94.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Postcard 65.4 64.4 66.5 34.4 35.4 33.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Catalog (not in envelope) 84.0 94.3 95.0 15.6 5.2 4.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
Flyers 47.8 68.3 66.1 51.5 31.4 33.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
Newspapers 37.6 56.2 52.9 58.5 42.9 46.3 3.9 1.0 0.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note: Percents are row percentages within each Shape category.