| 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) |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||