Table A3-31
Standard Mail Pieces from Publishers
Response to Mail Piece by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Familiarity Read Immediately Set Aside Found Useful Will Respond
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Previous customer 65.1 63.3 65.1 8.7 6.4 6.0 54.5 52.7 57.0 27.9 17.7 21.5
Organization known 30.7 29.5 37.6 5.9 7.2 5.5 20.9 21.6 24.8 6.5 2.7 2.9
Organization unknown 27.2 28.5 28.1 9.4 4.7 4.2 16.0 11.3 11.9 6.5 3.0 2.8
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each familiarity category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.