Table A3-59
Number of Mail Order Purchases Within the Last Year by Education of Head of Household
(Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Recruitment Data)
Number of Purchases < 8th Grade Some High School High School Some College
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
0 65.5 65.3 71.8 53.9 61.1 64.6 41.7 56.7 57.5 38.0 50.1 53.5
1 - 2 14.8 13.5 11.1 16.8 13.7 16.2 22.5 13.0 15.1 20.7 14.3 15.7
3 - 5 10.7 13.7 8.4 17.2 12.2 8.6 19.0 14.6 14.3 22.0 16.5 14.9
6 - 10 4.7 3.5 3.2 6.1 7.7 4.6 9.1 8.3 7.0 11.1 8.7 8.1
11 - 15 2.9 2.2 1.8 2.4 1.4 2.6 4.1 3.0 2.5 2.7 4.2 2.6
16 - 30 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.1 2.3 0.9 2.4 2.5 1.6 2.8 2.4 2.2
31 + 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.5 2.1 1.4
Don't know/No answer 0.7 0.8 2.0 2.1 1.4 2.1 0.8 0.8 1.0 2.1 1.7 1.6
   Total  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 Technical School College Post Graduate Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
0 37.2 46.3 55.2 38.0 48.9 54.8 27.0 43.0 47.6 42.2 53.1 56.8
1 - 2 16.3 14.1 17.9 18.5 13.6 13.7 19.5 13.6 15.1 19.6 13.6 14.9
3 - 5 20.2 20.4 15.0 21.8 15.7 14.9 22.7 16.9 15.4 19.5 15.3 13.7
6 - 10 12.8 7.2 3.8 11.9 10.3 7.9 16.4 13.0 10.4 10.0 8.8 7.1
11 - 15 6.2 3.9 2.8 4.1 5.1 3.2 7.2 4.5 5.0 3.9 3.6 2.8
16 - 30 3.7 4.0 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.3 5.2 5.6 4.0 2.5 2.8 2.2
31 + 2.6 2.1 1.6 0.9 1.8 1.2 1.1 2.0 1.7 0.7 1.5 1.1
Don't know/No answer 1.2 2.1 0.9 2.1 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.4 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.3
   Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Includes pieces for which no response was given for educational attainment. 
Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. 
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.