Table A3-18
Standard Mail Treatment of Mail Piece by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Mail Received by Household)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Treatment of Advertising Previous Customer Organization Known Organization Not Known Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Read 58.4 59.9 58.7 31.2 27.4 26.2 26.2 25.2 23.9 41.5 41.3 41.9
Looked at  23.3 15.0 15.8 38.2 24.2 22.7 35.2 22.4 22.2 26.4 17.4 17.3
Discarded 7.0 16.0 17.3 23.5 43.0 46.5 31.1 48.3 49.7 14.0 26.2 27.6
Set Aside 10.2 8.6 7.9 6.3 4.9 4.2 6.4 3.5 3.8 8.1 6.0 6.0
Don't know/No answer 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.4 10.0 9.1 7.2
   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
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Total includes pieces for which no response was given as to familiarity.