Table A3-50
Standard Mail (A) Reaction to Mail Piece by Education of Head of Household
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Recruitment and Diary Data)
q79head _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 q79head _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2 C1Y1M C1Y2M C2Y1M C2Y2M C3Y1M C3Y2M C4Y1M C4Y2M
8th grade or less PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 40.96412 35.61843 6.029644 7.659024 35.41262 29.34625 9.586228 5.491811 8th grade or less COUNT Frequency Count 5.879506 5.678657 3.339827 2.957779 0.4916 0.636011 2.88721 2.436933 0.674243 0.379949
Some high school PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.10958 50.61798 2.712086 5.014431 37.26085 36.98275 11.19802 14.03545 Some high school COUNT Frequency Count 10.12805 9.447351 4.287841 3.742855 0.214916 0.370783 2.952686 2.734622 0.778204 0.918264
High school graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.1672 45.25435 5.773357 6.033779 37.41747 38.5927 10.90496 10.94605 High school graduate COUNT Frequency Count 35.00694 34.22083 4.758939 4.570967 0.622069 0.609449 4.031667 3.898099 1.037758 0.993241
Some college PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.08042 43.80505 6.668457 5.884579 40.74927 38.42894 12.45308 11.3166 Some college COUNT Frequency Count 20.87078 22.08705 4.828019 4.871999 0.730379 0.654483 4.463166 4.274068 1.205822 1.136668
Technical school graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 39.16143 42.9637 7.113472 6.574054 35.82822 37.84121 8.554517 11.50713 Technical school graduate COUNT Frequency Count 5.2107 4.826243 4.323988 4.848978 0.78543 0.741962 3.955955 4.270843 0.832107 1.182577
Education of Head of Household Read Immediately Set Aside College graduate PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 39.24708 41.21209 5.847617 5.730761 38.29583 38.25916 9.657251 10.43457 College graduate COUNT Frequency Count 26.66001 27.67378 5.424777 5.480287 0.808264 0.762063 5.293294 5.087613 1.187971 1.25796
Percent   Pieces Per Household Percent   Pieces Per Household Post-graduate work PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 35.54247 36.98007 6.818653 6.316613 36.5506 36.99305 8.552929 9.450799 Post-graduate work COUNT Frequency Count 11.62466 12.19356 5.430735 6.026091 1.04186 1.029324 5.584771 6.028205 1.154126 1.396159
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 DK/RF PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 37.95344 32.89848 8.358746 5.520808 32.2977 23.66865 12.81172 6.297629 DK/RF COUNT Frequency Count 0.630788 0.65602 3.618037 2.260565 0.796825 0.379353 3.078885 1.626352 1.114864 0.383614
8th grade or less 43.7 41.0 35.6 2.2 3.3 3.0 7.8 6.0 7.7 0.4 0.5 0.6    
Some high school 46.4 54.1 50.6 2.6 4.3 3.7 6.9 2.7 5.0 0.4 0.2 0.4    
High school graduate 44.4 44.2 45.3 3.1 4.8 4.6 7.3 5.8 6.0 0.5 0.6 0.6    
Some college 41.6 44.1 43.8 3.3 4.8 4.9 7.9 6.7 5.9 0.6 0.7 0.7    
Technical school graduate 41.2 39.2 43.0 3.2 4.3 4.8 9.5 7.1 6.6 0.7 0.8 0.7    
College graduate 37.7 39.2 41.2 3.7 5.4 5.5 9.3 5.8 5.7 0.9 0.8 0.8    
Post-graduate work 37.3 35.5 37.0 4.4 5.4 6.0 8.9 6.8 6.3 1.0 1.0 1.0    
   
   
Education of Head of Household Found Useful Will Respond 1    
Percent   Pieces Per Household Percent   Pieces Per Household    
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008    
8th grade or less 35.5 35.4 29.3 1.8 2.9 2.4 14.6 9.6 5.5 0.6 0.7 0.4    
Some high school 40.5 37.3 37.0 2.3 3.0 2.7 13.4 11.2 14.0 0.6 0.8 0.9    
High school graduate 40.0 37.4 38.6 2.8 4.0 3.9 15.1 10.9 10.9 0.9 1.0 1.0    
Some college 41.1 40.7 38.4 3.3 4.5 4.3 15.6 12.5 11.3 1.0 1.2 1.1    
Technical school graduate 40.0 35.8 37.8 3.1 4.0 4.3 15.7 8.6 11.5 1.0 0.8 1.2    
College graduate 40.5 38.3 38.3 4.0 5.3 5.1 13.4 9.7 10.4 1.1 1.2 1.3    
Post-graduate work 40.6 36.6 37.0 4.8 5.6 6.0 14.1 8.6 9.5 1.4 1.2 1.4    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each educational attainment classification;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table. 
   
1 Of pieces containing an advertisement or request for funds.