Table A4-10
Treatment of Advertising Mail by Education of Head of Household
 (Percentage of Households)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Recruitment Data)
Treatment < 8th Grade Some High School High School Some College
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Usually read 29.2 27.8 27.0 24.6 22.0 27.2 23.5 18.1 18.8 17.6 12.8 15.8
Usually scan 37.0 29.8 26.2 33.0 27.6 29.3 42.4 34.6 33.7 39.9 38.0 33.0
Read some 22.0 24.8 25.4 27.8 32.2 26.0 26.2 28.1 30.0 30.8 30.6 33.7
Usually don't read 9.0 13.1 20.8 11.8 11.9 17.2 7.0 15.9 17.3 10.8 16.6 17.5
Don't know/No answer 0.7 4.4 0.6 0.0 6.4 0.3 0.1 3.3 0.2 0.3 1.9 0.1
Received no advertising 2.1 N/A N/A 2.8 N/A N/A 0.8 N/A N/A 0.6 N/A N/A
   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
Treatment Tech School College Post Graduate
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Usually read 18.5 10.7 13.8 12.2 9.4 10.2 8.9 5.3 6.0
Usually scan 39.9 41.2 32.0 43.5 35.1 33.8 41.9 32.9 34.2
Read some 31.6 30.8 33.6 34.6 35.7 34.2 28.3 38.5 34.8
Usually don't read 8.9 14.8 19.9 9.1 18.5 21.7 10.5 22.4 24.9
Don't know/No answer 0.1 2.4 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.1
Received no advertising 1.0 N/A N/A 0.3 N/A N/A 10.4 N/A N/A
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes.
Note: Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding.