Table A3-79
Nonprofit Standard Mail Response to Advertising by Shape
(If Mail Piece Contained Advertising or Request for Donation)
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Response Letter Size Envelope Larger Than
Letter Size Envelope
Postcard Catalog Not In Envelope
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Yes 19.7 15.8 15.7 17.6 15.3 13.8 14.6 8.1 9.4 18.2 12.2 14.5
No 52.0 57.4 59.5 60.0 58.6 58.5 59.3 55.3 56.7 52.0 47.1 55.3
Maybe 16.8 18.8 18.0 15.1 19.7 19.6 19.9 17.3 15.6 24.1 27.7 21.8
No Answer 11.5 8.0 6.9 7.4 6.4 8.1 6.3 19.3 18.3 5.9 13.0 8.4
  Total Mail Received by 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
Pieces Per Household Per Week 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Response Flyers Newspapers/
Magazines
Total
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Yes 12.6 9.1 7.3 9.8 9.2 10.5 18.0 13.9 13.6
No 64.5 56.9 61.9 54.3 50.4 55.9 55.2 56.6 59.0
Maybe 13.6 16.0 13.0 13.6 25.5 15.6 16.5 19.3 17.5
No Answer 9.3 17.9 17.8 22.3 15.0 18.0 10.4 10.3 9.9
  Total Mail Received by Households 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Pieces Per Household Per Week 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.2 2.3 2.2
  Total includes pieces for which no response was given as to shape.
  Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.