Table A3-58
Number of Mail Order Purchases Within the Last Year by Income
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Recruitment Data)
Number of Purchases Under $7K ‚ $7K - $9.9K ‚ $10K - $14.9K $15K - $19.9K 
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
0 64.7 75.1 80.1 55.7 64.0 74.7 48.4 65.2 73.7 43.0 63.0 62.4
1 - 2 16.5 8.2 12.4 18.0 14.7 10.8 15.9 11.0 9.7 22.3 15.2 14.4
3 - 5 11.4 8.5 5.0 18.9 13.8 9.5 20.4 14.4 7.5 21.2 13.1 13.9
6 - 10 3.3 7.5 0.5 5.1 3.6 2.3 7.4 6.0 2.7 9.4 5.1 3.9
11 - 15 1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.8 0.0 4.4 2.0 2.3 2.5 1.2 2.6
16 - 30 1.8 0.7 1.2 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 2.0 0.9 1.3 0.8
31 + 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.6 0.6
Don't know/No answer 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.1 1.8 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.5 1.4
   Total Households 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of Purchases $20K - $24.9K  $25K - $29.9K $30K - $34.9K $35K - $49.9K
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
0 41.8 62.4 64.9 39.0 53.2 59.3 34.4 53.2 59.3 28.7 55.0 55.5
1 - 2 21.3 11.2 15.8 19.4 16.8 18.7 21.9 16.8 18.7 22.5 14.1 15.8
3 - 5 20.6 13.6 10.3 21.9 15.6 11.8 19.2 15.6 11.8 25.4 15.7 14.2
6 - 10 8.0 5.2 4.2 11.6 7.4 7.1 13.8 7.4 7.1 11.7 8.1 6.7
11 - 15 2.4 2.0 1.6 4.1 3.5 1.8 4.6 3.5 1.8 5.3 2.8 2.5
16 - 30 2.9 3.2 0.9 3.1 1.9 0.4 3.9 1.9 0.4 3.5 1.7 2.5
31 + 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5
Don't know/No answer 2.5 1.6 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.4 1.9 1.4 1.3
   Total Households 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of Purchases $50K - $64.9K $65K - Over Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
0 29.4 51.6 51.6 33.5 44.1 50.9 42.2 53.1 56.8
1 - 2 19.7 14.3 17.1 11.6 13.4 15.1 19.6 13.6 14.9
3 - 5 19.6 16.4 15.2 21.3 16.9 15.8 19.5 15.3 13.7
6 - 10 13.4 7.9 9.0 18.8 12.4 8.9 10.0 8.8 7.1
11 - 15 8.8 3.1 2.5 7.9 5.6 3.9 3.9 3.6 2.8
16 - 30 4.8 3.3 2.1 5.0 4.1 3.3 2.5 2.8 2.2
31 + 3.3 2.4 1.1 0.3 2.1 1.4 0.7 1.5 1.1
Don't know/No answer 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.3
   Total Households 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Includes pieces for which no response was given for household income.
‚Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. 
Note: 2006/2007 Estimates for Income Levels $25K-$29.9K are identical to those in $30K-$34.9K since categories used to collect data only included $25K-$34.9K. 
Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.