Table A3-17
Standard Mail Treatment of Mail Piece by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Mail Received by Household)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
BL_F A318ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 A318ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
  READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 41.90041 42.44486
  LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 17.32255 16.43756
  DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 27.55075 27.00807
  SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.979426 5.98924
  Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency   Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.246866 8.120271
Treatment of Advertising Previous Customer Organization Known Organization Not Known Total 1 Does or has done business with READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 58.68351 59.01244  
Does or has done business with LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 15.78368 14.80879  
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 Does or has done business with DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 17.27297 18.14857  
Read 58.4 58.7 59.0 31.2 26.2 27.6 26.2 23.9 24.2 41.5 41.9 42.4 Does or has done business with SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.873939 7.81421  
Looked at 23.3 15.8 14.8 38.2 22.7 22.1 35.2 22.2 21.3 26.4 17.3 16.4 Does or has done business with Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.385898 0.215981  
Discarded 7.0 17.3 18.1 23.5 46.5 46.4 31.1 49.7 50.3 14.0 27.6 27.0 Knows, but no one does business with READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 26.18873 27.61771  
Set Aside 10.2 7.9 7.8 6.3 4.2 3.6 6.4 3.8 4.1 8.1 6.0 6.0 Knows, but no one does business with LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 22.73393 22.14706  
Don't know/No answer 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.1 10.0 7.2 8.1 Knows, but no one does business with DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 46.45115 46.4056  
   Total Mail Received by Household 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Knows, but no one does business with SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.192215 3.608906  
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Knows, but no one does business with Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.433977 0.220722  
1 Total includes pieces for which no response was given as to familiarity. Organization no one in HH knows READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 23.86334 24.19977  
Organization no one in HH knows LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 22.20412 21.28184  
Organization no one in HH knows DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 49.70756 50.28345  
Organization no one in HH knows SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.778775 4.095185  
Organization no one in HH knows Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.446192 0.13975  
DK/RF READ PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 16.82284 14.22361  
DK/RF LOOKED AT PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.112473 5.243123  
DK/RF DISCARDED PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 9.445253 7.559612  
DK/RF SET ASIDE PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.281194 1.961513  
DK/RF Don't know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 66.33824 71.01214