Table A3-39
Standard Mail from Mail Order Companies
Reaction to Mail Piece by Shape
(Percentage of Pieces)
Postal Fiscal Years 1987, 2008 and 2009
(Diary Data)
BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ C1Y1 C1Y2 C2Y1 C2Y2 C3Y1 C3Y2 C4Y1 C4Y2 BL_B _NAME_ _LABEL_ COL1 COL2
Letter Size Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 43.24886 46.77925 5.182662 5.700665 30.99432 33.61393 12.65343 17.0788 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 12.84692 15.67538
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.64122 56.28653 9.076899 5.506704 34.53422 38.53534 13.05934 18.30647 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.183304 2.261221
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 43.9826 42.09194 10.023 6.925136 43.17341 37.49496 14.27213 16.38953 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 3.206739 2.890097
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.0744 43.5837 14.95364 14.70999 50.38398 51.88782 10.61266 10.44248 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 73.20457 71.34346
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 67.74661 56.66886 0 2.557546 45.15755 45.36782 12.25357 12.57473 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.458073 0.910165
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.54445 44.42575 3.150779 3.215086 36.75658 35.02418 9.414579 7.743768 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 4.256284 6.012569
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 54.90819 58.95508 8.261236 10.72989 58.48707 52.95171 16.80564 12.79369 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 1.844116 0.90711
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 42.7 43.2 46.8 4.1 5.2 5.7 29.9 31.0 33.6    
Larger envelope 48.2 45.6 56.3 10.4 9.1 5.5 41.1 34.5 38.5    
Postcard 60.4 67.7 56.7 4.2 0.0 2.6 51.8 45.2 45.4    
Catalog (not in envelope) 40.9 44.1 43.6 17.1 15.0 14.7 48.9 50.4 51.9    
Flyers/Circulars 39.8 44.5 44.4 7.8 3.2 3.2 32.9 36.8 35.0    
Magazines/Newsletters 57.0 54.9 59.0 0.0 8.3 10.7 62.3 58.5 53.0    
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 12.3 12.7 17.1 20.8 12.8 15.7    
Larger envelope 18.0 13.1 18.3 22.0 4.2 2.3    
Postcard 18.6 12.3 12.6 0.8 0.5 0.9    
Catalog (not in envelope) 15.8 10.6 10.4 48.5 73.2 71.3    
Flyers/Circulars 10.0 9.4 7.7 7.0 4.3 6.0    
Magazines/Newsletters 19.8 16.8 12.8 0.2 1.8 0.9    
NOTE: Percentages represent row percentages within each shape category;
these do not sum to 100 due to the inclusion of multiple questions in this table.