| Table A3-43 Standard Mail from Publishers Reaction to Mail Piece by Familiarity and Shape (Percentage of Pieces) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Shape | Read (Immediately and Set Aside) |
Found Useful | Will Respond | |||||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
| Previous customer: | ||||||||||||
| Letter size envelope | 77.2 | 68.5 | 67.3 | 54.1 | 48.1 | 49.3 | 31.9 | 18.9 | 23.4 | |||
| Larger envelope | 68.8 | 65.5 | 70.8 | 44.8 | 45.9 | 53.7 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 25.3 | |||
| Catalog | 78.7 | 73.0 | 73.2 | 72.7 | 57.9 | 64.7 | 22.1 | 16.9 | 22.9 | |||
| Organization known: | ||||||||||||
| Letter size envelope | 34.2 | 31.2 | 34.9 | 20.8 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | |||
| Larger envelope | 31.3 | 32.6 | 42.1 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 4.8 | |||
| Catalog | 48.3 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 31.1 | 26.8 | 22.8 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 0.0 | |||
| Organization unknown: | ||||||||||||
| Letter size envelope | 31.3 | 31.1 | 37.7 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.0 | |||
| Larger envelope | 35.8 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 13.9 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 4.6 | |||
| Catalog | 46.0 | 31.8 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | |||
| NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each
familiarity and shape category; these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table. |
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| Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. | ||||||||||||