| Table A3-44 Standard Mail from Credit Card Companies Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape (Percentage of Pieces) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Shape | Read Immediately | Set Aside | Found Useful | |||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Letter size envelope | 43.4 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 28.0 | 12.6 | 13.9 | |
| Larger than Letter size envelope |
32.7 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 8.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 28.9 | 13.0 | 14.1 | |
| Postcard | 25.1 | 51.6 | 38.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 9.9 | 37.8 | 42.4 | |
| Catalog not in envelope | 43.8 | 45.7 | 65.9 | 21.3 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 45.9 | 44.7 | 68.0 | |
| Flyers | 33.3 | 50.0 | 42.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 35.6 | 39.8 | 32.1 | |
| Shape | Will Respond | Percentage of Pieces Received | ||||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
| Letter size envelope | 10.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 59.5 | 77.1 | 78.9 | ||||
| Larger than Letter size envelope |
3.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 28.1 | 18.2 | 15.7 | ||||
| Postcard | 0.0 | 10.5 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||||
| Catalog not in envelope | 3.2 | 10.2 | 21.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||||
| Flyers | 12.1 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | ||||
| 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. |
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| Fluctuations may be due to small sample size. | ||||||||||