| Table
A3-13 Standard Mail by Industry and Familiarity (Percentage of Pieces) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Industry | Previous Customer | Organization Known | Organization Unknown | Don't Know/
No Answer |
Total | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||
| Financial: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit card | 52.4 | 41.6 | 47.1 | 19.9 | 37.3 | 36.7 | 17.7 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 6.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Bank | 43.6 | 42.6 | 48.9 | 17.3 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 16.0 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Securities broker | 49.5 | 70.6 | 76.1 | 13.5 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 25.7 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Money Market | 55.3 | 59.8 | 66.0 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 15.9 | 19.6 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Insurance Company | 33.6 | 32.1 | 35.5 | 21.8 | 32.2 | 36.2 | 32.3 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 12.3 | 14.9 | 9.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Real Estate/Mortgage | 13.3 | 15.3 | 22.1 | 41.1 | 26.5 | 27.2 | 32.6 | 48.2 | 41.8 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Total Financial | 40.5 | 39.6 | 45.6 | 21.3 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 25.7 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Merchants: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supermarkets | 60.1 | 71.3 | 77.1 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Department store | 75.2 | 81.9 | 86.3 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 11.4 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Mail order company | 50.8 | 56.9 | 57.4 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Specialty store | 50.5 | 68.0 | 71.5 | 20.0 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 17.2 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Publisher | 40.9 | 48.8 | 50.1 | 18.6 | 22.0 | 21.5 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 26.2 | 17.5 | 15.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Land promotion company | 3.0 | 10.3 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 31.2 | 70.4 | 60.2 | 46.2 | 11.2 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Online Auction | N/A | N/A | 75.1 | N/A | N/A | 11.8 | N/A | N/A | 10.1 | N/A | N/A | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | 100.0 | |||||||
| Restaurant | 50.2 | 52.9 | 55.6 | 20.2 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 8.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Consumer packaged goods | 55.7 | 48.9 | 51.0 | 20.5 | 26.1 | 24.4 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Auto dealers | 48.2 | 34.4 | 32.0 | 27.1 | 33.4 | 37.1 | 12.5 | 19.3 | 23.3 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Service stations | 23.6 | 60.5 | 57.5 | 34.1 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 24.7 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Mall | 39.8 | 19.9 | 45.5 | 2.5 | 11.3 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57.3 | 68.8 | 46.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Total Merchants | 54.0 | 62.6 | 64.2 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 10.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Services: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone | 65.1 | 54.5 | 63.5 | 17.1 | 26.4 | 23.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 7.8 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Other Utilities | 70.9 | 63.6 | 67.5 | 5.8 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 15.4 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Medical | 35.0 | 34.4 | 36.6 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 34.4 | 35.0 | 33.5 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Other professional | 43.9 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 13.9 | 24.3 | 22.7 | 31.2 | 37.1 | 35.9 | 11.0 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Leisure service | 33.7 | 56.7 | 58.9 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 31.0 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Cable TV | 65.4 | 42.2 | 51.4 | 17.7 | 38.5 | 34.6 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Computer | 42.7 | 50.7 | 54.0 | 26.7 | 27.3 | 26.0 | 22.7 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Craftsman | 7.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 32.1 | 17.5 | 24.4 | 47.7 | 58.9 | 61.6 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 5.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Total Services | 41.6 | 45.4 | 46.7 | 20.0 | 24.4 | 25.3 | 24.9 | 18.4 | 19.6 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Nonfederal Government | 47.8 | 55.3 | 58.6 | 26.5 | 24.8 | 22.3 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 16.9 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Note: Percents are row percentages within each Industry classification. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||