| Table A5-10 Periodicals -- Households' Need for Delivery by Postal Region (Percentage of Pieces) Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| 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. | |||||||||||||||