| Table A6-3 Packages and Expedited Received - Sender/Content by Carrier Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2006 and 2007 (Diary Data) |
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| Content | Percent of Total | Percent Sent Via Postal Service‚ | Percent Sent Via UPS‚ | ||||||
| 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | 1987 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Book | 15.9 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 89.6 | 87.1 | 92.6 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 5.9 |
| Record, tape or CD | 6.7 | 18.7 | 5.4 | 87.3 | 94.7 | 80.2 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 8.6 |
| Item from a friend or relative | 16.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 69.0 | 83.2 | 80.0 | 23.2 | 9.3 | 10.7 |
| Order from catalog | 19.1 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 47.1 | 72.2 | 64.7 | 56.9 | 19.7 | 28.0 |
| Order from store ‚ | 5.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 43.5 | 70.1 | 70.7 | 55.0 | 21.8 | 15.4 |
| Other mail order | 11.5 | 49.3 | 46.4 | 67.5 | 76.0 | 71.0 | 30.4 | 16.3 | 21.0 |
| Packages can contain more than one type of content. | |||||||||
| ‚Fluctuations may be due to small sample sizes. | |||||||||