Table A3-47
Standard Mail from Insurance Companies
Reaction to Mail Pieces by Familiarity and Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Shape Read
(Immediately and Set Aside)
Found Useful Will Respond
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Previous customer:                  
   Letter size envelope 59.7 62.2 62.3 46.3 47.8 48.6 12.2 10.9 7.3
   Larger than
   Letter size envelope
69.6 59.1 62.8 49.5 55.0 47.4 11.3 9.7 5.8
Organization known:                  
   Letter size envelope 37.4 24.5 21.3 19.1 11.9 11.2 4.3 0.9 1.5
   Larger than
   Letter size envelope
39.4 20.5 27.3 29.5 13.0 7.3 10.1 3.2 2.0
Organization unknown:                  
   Letter size envelope 22.2 19.5 21.1 8.6 6.7 5.5 2.0 1.2 0.9
   Larger than
   Letter size envelope
25.3 23.0 21.4 11.9 4.5 6.1 3.2 0.4 1.6
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. 
  Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.