Table A3-45
Standard Mail from Insurance 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 30.09696 32.30802 2.616682 3.071096 20.81809 19.79853 3.024112 3.56671 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 58.77262 70.2132
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 32.13912 38.68277 4.948303 4.87607 20.56948 28.58931 2.969359 4.761111 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 20.00344 10.81542
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 41.10261 53.07831 16.09466 7.370292 47.56199 56.45171 14.4975 8.011753 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.736366 1.105693
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 42.00951 49.0847 7.76149 14.44404 46.66382 63.67062 3.66865 5.758634 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.795259 0.521396
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 31.83097 47.06787 1.034163 0 18.76015 29.32338 1.992361 2.758467 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.653407 1.657564
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 39.05314 39.7366 4.066586 3.421926 32.61778 34.07228 3.864854 1.919232 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 11.58612 12.85514
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.44547 46.72526 13.16501 21.78783 60.61513 66.98578 3.145287 4.52246 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.452789 2.831588
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 33.5 30.1 32.3 3.7 2.6 3.1 23.4 20.8 19.8    
Larger envelope 35.8 32.1 38.7 7.2 4.9 4.9 28.3 20.6 28.6    
Postcard 64.3 31.8 47.1 0.0 1.0 0.0 38.0 18.8 29.3    
Catalog (not in envelope) 41.6 42.0 49.1 14.6 7.8 14.4 34.1 46.7 63.7    
Flyers/Circulars 27.2 39.1 39.7 1.4 4.1 3.4 19.6 32.6 34.1    
Magazines/Newsletters 49.1 45.4 46.7 14.1 13.2 21.8 14.1 60.6 67.0    
   
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
Letter size envelope 6.1 3.0 3.6 66.8 58.8 70.2    
Larger envelope 7.2 3.0 4.8 19.9 20.0 10.8    
Postcard 41.7 2.0 2.8 0.7 4.7 1.7    
Catalog (not in envelope) 0.0 3.7 5.8 1.4 0.8 0.5    
Flyers/Circulars 5.2 3.9 1.9 10.2 11.6 12.9    
Magazines/Newsletters 0.0 3.1 4.5 0.5 3.5 2.8    
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.