Table A5-10
Periodicals -- Households' Need for Delivery by Postal Region
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007
(Diary Data)
Satisfaction with Delivery Northeast Eastern Southern Central Western
1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007 1987 2006 2007
Could arrive a day later with no inconvenience 42.6 33.5 36.7 40.9 30.8 31.2 42.6 38.5 33.0 37.1 31.1 33.0 39.3 33.1 32.5
Comes on proper day now 18.5 19.0 17.6 21.4 17.1 19.1 15.1 18.7 18.2 25.6 21.5 20.1 15.1 20.7 14.0
No regular delivery day 10.1 15.8 15.7 7.0 19.6 16.9 9.2 15.0 17.9 8.0 14.6 16.1 11.2 16.6 19.0
Regular delivery day is so late as to cause inconvenience 0.2 0.9 0.5 2.2 1.1 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0
Exact delivery date of little importance 20.7 19.8 20.1 21.8 18.3 23.2 22.0 14.3 18.4 23.7 22.1 21.8 24.7 20.5 26.0
Other Need/Don't know/No answer 7.9 10.9 9.3 6.7 13.1 9.0 10.2 12.5 12.1 5.1 10.0 8.5 8.8 8.3 7.4
   Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Note: Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.