Table A3-39
Standard Mail from Mail Order Companies
Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
Letter Size Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 43.89649 43.24886 3.215312 5.182662 35.92369 30.99432 10.66111 12.65343 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.285355 12.84692
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.40591 45.64122 4.499721 9.076899 32.23529 34.53422 13.46499 13.05934 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 9.623478 4.183304
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 47.06048 43.9826 12.70341 10.023 48.29024 43.17341 16.04759 14.27213 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.463818 3.206739
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 43.06376 44.0744 15.94022 14.95364 52.30834 50.38398 11.89181 10.61266 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 72.79778 73.20457
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.20477 67.74661 2.087972 0 35.88089 45.15755 10.56883 12.25357 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.906396 0.458073
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.34384 44.54445 4.520566 3.150779 42.39324 36.75658 8.161779 9.414579 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.928247 4.256284
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 47.70987 54.90819 21.33929 8.261236 50.01526 58.48707 11.76912 16.80564 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.994928 1.844116
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 42.7 43.9 43.2 4.1 3.2 5.2 29.9 35.9 31.0    
Larger envelope 48.2 44.4 45.6 10.4 4.5 9.1 41.1 32.2 34.5    
Postcard 60.4 53.2 67.7 4.2 2.1 0.0 51.8 35.9 45.2    
Catalog (not in envelope) 40.9 43.1 44.1 17.1 15.9 15.0 48.9 52.3 50.4    
Flyers/Circulars 39.8 45.3 44.5 7.8 4.5 3.2 32.9 42.4 36.8    
Magazines/Newsletters 57.0 47.7 54.9 0.0 21.3 8.3 62.3 50.0 58.5    
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 12.3 10.7 12.7 20.8 7.3 12.8    
Larger envelope 18.0 13.5 13.1 22.0 9.6 4.2    
Postcard 18.6 10.6 12.3 0.8 0.9 0.5    
Catalog (not in envelope) 15.8 11.9 10.6 48.5 72.8 73.2    
Flyers/Circulars 10.0 8.2 9.4 7.0 3.9 4.3    
Magazines/Newsletters 19.8 11.8 16.8 0.2 2.0 1.8    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each shape category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.