Table A3-53b
Standard Mail Industry Usage of Reply Mail
(Percentage of Pieces From Each Industry That Contain Reply Mail)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Industry No Reply Mail Don't Know/
No Answer
Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Financial:                  
Credit card 20.7 23.5 26.2 6.1 4.1 2.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Bank 45.8 66.1 59.4 7.7 4.3 3.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
Securities Broker 40.8 73.9 76.8 7.7 4.8 4.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
Money market 36.0 79.4 73.0 7.8 3.4 5.6 100.0 100.0 100.0
Insurance 20.6 54.0 55.1 6.7 6.3 4.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
Real Estate/Mortgage 71.2 81.8 85.3 5.6 2.2 2.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
   Total Financial 33.4 47.0 48.8 6.8 4.4 3.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
Merchants:                  
Supermarkets 87.6 94.5 93.8 10.5 3.3 2.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Department store 82.5 91.1 93.0 6.1 3.6 2.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mail order  25.1 56.6 57.9 5.9 8.1 7.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
Specialty store 74.8 89.5 91.3 6.2 4.3 3.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
Publisher 33.7 27.4 34.0 10.9 7.6 5.6 100.0 100.0 100.0
Land promotion 79.8 86.1 87.6 5.9 2.5 2.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Online Auction N/A N/A 94.9 N/A N/A 0.0 N/A N/A 100.0
Restaurant 90.1 98.0 98.2 7.2 1.1 1.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Consumer packaged goods 78.5 75.1 75.3 5.7 4.9 4.5 100.0 100.0 100.0
Auto Dealers 76.9 95.2 96.6 11.7 2.7 1.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Service stations 90.9 91.2 94.4 6.9 2.9 2.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mall 91.3 100.0 100.0 8.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
   Total Merchants 55.3 69.2 72.7 7.6 5.9 4.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Services:                  
Telephone 31.8 91.0 92.0 6.2 3.7 2.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Other utilities 52.6 60.8 57.4 13.4 3.9 3.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
Medical 78.6 80.8 80.8 4.2 3.5 3.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Other professional 55.7 81.5 75.1 5.5 3.2 5.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Leisure service 62.5 78.3 74.7 6.1 3.2 3.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Cable TV 72.8 95.0 95.3 6.7 2.0 2.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Computer 36.6 86.7 93.3 5.9 6.7 2.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
Craftsman 30.5 83.9 84.1 2.4 1.0 0.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
   Total Services 57.3 83.3 81.3 6.5 3.6 2.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Federal Government N/A 84.6 88.9 N/A 1.8 0.9 N/A 100.0 100.0
Nonfederal Government 74.7 81.6 84.7 5.2 3.2 2.1 100.0 100.0 100.0
Social/Charitable/Social/Nonprofit 62.7 70.4 69.6 9.0 3.4 2.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total Nonhousehold Mail
Received by Households
56.5 67.4 69.7 8.4 5.4 4.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total Pieces Per Household Per Week 4.4 8.3 8.1 0.7 0.7 0.5 5.1 12.3 11.6
  Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.