Table A3-77
Nonprofit Standard Mail Reaction by Industry
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2007 and 2008
(Diary Data)
A371ROW _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 A371ROWB _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 READING YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL GRA_I YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL GRA_K YEAR COUNT PERCENT PCT_ROW PCT_COL
  PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency     PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency   READ IMMEDIATELY 2007 6807.077 25.05581 50.29659 50.26717 Useful 2007 5821.077 21.4265 50.64712 42.986   2007 4215.349  
MEDICAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.22799 52.41582 8.021035 7.504286 45.6485 49.54357 9.085471 15.93163 ALL OTHER PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.57042 54.306 6.23949 6.580561 44.33958 46.24543 11.71668 11.99709 READ IMMEDIATELY 2008 6726.797 24.76031 49.70341 49.36787 Useful 2008 5672.324 20.87896 49.35288 41.62911   2008 3333.432  
Union or professional PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.52236 45.8701 4.742059 5.71668 42.91345 41.09104 17.51377 14.54135 Nonprofit Publications PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.52089 48.94473 5.777227 6.537653 43.16379 41.28144 13.87787 14.91625 LOOKED AT 2007 2376.702 8.748279 50.93451 17.55086 Interesting 2007 2301.126 8.470095 48.82155 16.99277 Yes 2007 1266.353 6.454771 45.79069 13.57809
CHURCH PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 56.21007 54.00627 7.135136 7.12275 54.06261 50.72431 18.2097 19.94967   LOOKED AT 2008 2289.49 8.427265 49.06549 16.80254 Interesting 2008 2412.215 8.878997 51.17845 17.70322 Yes 2008 1499.172 7.641481 54.20931 14.56578
VETERANS PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 53.40306 52.81715 5.35837 8.432158 43.78845 41.30708 18.53966 19.4681   DISCARDED 2007 2592.428 9.542334 50.34752 19.1439 Not interesting 2007 3643.772 13.41217 49.78294 26.9076 No 2007 5502.51 28.04703 46.87833 58.999
Industry Percent EDUCATIONAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 52.76233 50.97127 5.799216 6.624286 47.71101 45.89241 7.695583 7.649507   DISCARDED 2008 2556.64 9.410604 49.65248 18.76315 Not interesting 2008 3675.546 13.52913 50.21706 26.97479 No 2008 6235.343 31.78237 53.12167 60.58186
Read Immediately Set Aside Found Useful Will Respond 1 CHARITIES PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 46.34895 45.47115 5.036287 5.336101 35.64036 32.68207 14.00936 14.89588   SET ASIDE 2007 788.2091 2.901278 46.94822 5.820566 Objectionable 2007 737.088 2.713109 53.64169 5.44306 Maybe 2007 1630.021 8.308431 48.69393 17.4774
1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 1987 2007 2008 POLITICAL PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 41.22379 38.76674 3.556628 5.83372 27.41034 26.399 11.06545 9.389942   SET ASIDE 2008 890.6812 3.278462 53.05178 6.536698 Objectionable 2008 637.0074 2.344727 46.35831 4.67499 Maybe 2008 1717.461 8.754128 51.30607 16.68665
Medical 46.3 50.2 52.4 8.1 8.0 7.5 46.1 45.6 49.5 13.4 9.1 15.9 AARP PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.4758 48.32581 6.315442 4.529627 42.59418 40.31442 16.11198 16.93252   DK/RF 2007 977.3793 3.597585 45.67985 7.217502 Don't know/No answer 2007 1038.733 3.82342 45.80966 7.670574 No answer 2007 927.5626 4.72791 52.46361 9.945509
Union or Professional 50.1 53.5 45.9 8.5 4.7 5.7 51.6 42.9 41.1 18.4 17.5 14.5 MUSEUM PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 62.37024 52.34412 5.498073 5.33964 51.65711 46.53044 9.941414 15.78633   DK/RF 2008 1162.25 4.278065 54.32015 8.529737 Don't know/No answer 2008 1228.765 4.522899 54.19034 9.017894 No answer 2008 840.4489 4.28388 47.53639 8.165703
Church 64.0 56.2 54.0 6.9 7.1 7.1 59.2 54.1 50.7 25.2 18.2 19.9          
Veterans 56.0 53.4 52.8 9.5 5.4 8.4 44.3 43.8 41.3 22.6 18.5 19.5          
Educational 48.0 52.8 51.0 7.0 5.8 6.6 49.1 47.7 45.9 13.2 7.7 7.6          
Charities 44.6 46.3 45.5 7.2 5.0 5.3 28.3 35.6 32.7 17.7 14.0 14.9          
Political 40.6 41.2 38.8 6.1 3.6 5.8 31.8 27.4 26.4 20.0 11.1 9.4          
AARP 46.1 44.5 48.3 10.7 6.3 4.5 40.9 42.6 40.3 13.6 16.1 16.9          
Museum 53.6 62.4 52.3 8.4 5.5 5.3 44.3 51.7 46.5 12.5 9.9 15.8          
Nonprofit Publications 39.8 50.5 48.9 8.8 48.9 6.5 39.3 43.2 41.3 12.8 13.9 14.9          
Total Mail Received by Households 49.5 50.3 49.4 7.6 5.8 6.5 43.8 43.0 41.6 18.0 13.6 14.6          
1 Percent of pieces containing an advertisement or fundraising request.          
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each industry classification;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.