Table A3-75
Nonprofit Standard Mail Treatment of Mail Piece by Familiarity With Organization
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Treatment Previous Customer Organization Known Organization Not Known Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Read by member of household 68.0 56.6 55.2 36.4 29.6 31.0 24.7 26.0 23.5 49.5 41.7 41.7
Read by more than one member of household N/A 11.0 11.7 N/A 6.3 5.1 N/A 4.7 4.5 N/A 8.4 8.5
Looked at 17.0 13.3 14.7 24.6 28.5 26.2 35.7 23.8 23.8 21.3 16.5 17.6
Discarded 4.5 10.4 10.9 20.3 30.0 32.0 29.9 40.4 43.8 10.5 17.4 19.1
Set Aside 9.0 8.5 7.0 7.6 5.4 5.4 8.5 4.1 4.2 7.6 6.5 5.8
Don't know/No answer 1.5 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.2 11.0 9.5 7.2
  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
  1987 Estimates Include pieces for which no response was given for familiarity with institution. 
  This code was not presented in household diaries prior to 1992.
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.