Table A3-35
Standard Mail Percentage of Pieces Read Immediately
and Set Aside by Shape and Familiarity With Organization
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Familiarity          Shape
    Letter Size Envelope        Larger Than Letter Size Envelope         Postcard
Read Set Aside Read Set Aside Read Set Aside
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Previous customer 64.7 54.2 52.3 5.3 3.4 3.1 60.1 56.2 57.1 10.4 6.0 6.4 67.9 70.1 67.5 2.6 2.8 2.4
Organization known 34.6 21.4 20.9 5.8 2.5 1.9 30.3 23.5 26.2 6.2 2.4 3.1 38.3 35.9 32.9 2.1 1.0 1.7
Organization unknown 29.0 22.6 23.3 4.6 1.5 2.0 27.6 22.8 26.5 7.0 3.5 1.7 32.8 26.6 27.8 1.9 1.7 0.7
Familiarity     Shape
  Catalog Not in Envelope     Flyers    Newspapers/Magazines
Read Set Aside Read Set Aside Read Set Aside
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Previous customer 53.1 58.3 58.3 17.6 17.8 16.3 57.0 65.4 63.1 8.0 6.2 5.7 56.3 62.1 62.5 15.7 15.2 13.9
Organization known 29.6 35.2 33.6 12.6 16.8 13.6 27.8 30.0 25.9 4.8 3.4 3.0 45.4 42.1 40.6 8.5 12.8 11.3
Organization unknown 20.8 28.8 21.0 15.1 11.1 12.1 24.5 26.7 23.4 5.9 2.8 2.1 21.9 37.0 21.9 5.6 7.6 18.2
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each industry classification;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.