Table A3-41
Standard Mail from Publishers
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 48.73769 50.55385 4.268532 2.890264 32.52955 34.37177 13.87865 15.58159 Letter Size Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 56.80326 59.86824
Larger Envelope PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 41.72892 45.98462 6.300189 4.319088 38.39764 35.53506 15.76837 15.0229 Larger Envelope PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 7.413667 4.461203
Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 44.7649 31.06545 1.839636 4.307218 33.69085 33.68574 14.35523 17.02799 Other/Don't Know/No answer PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 2.737045 1.322616
Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 45.70267 47.99217 6.753641 11.07653 31.01087 45.34455 7.95219 8.357084 Catalog (not in envelope) PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 5.615238 3.030486
Postcard PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 37.87028 55.16866 2.890741 4.708498 15.55157 46.05284 1.368254 27.52674 Postcard PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 0.946281 1.236857
Flyers/Circulars PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 36.59181 37.19374 5.794241 2.292727 26.73764 29.12653 8.350924 5.490547 Flyers/Circulars PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 8.545521 7.022727
Shape  Read Immediately  Set Aside Found Useful Magazines/Newsletters PCT_ROW Percent of Row Frequency 50.66768 46.73191 7.75328 7.371692 51.53063 49.02881 5.352283 5.177231 Magazines/Newsletters PCT_COL Percent of Column Frequency 17.93898 23.05787
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 51.1 48.7 50.6 6.0 4.3 2.9 37.9 32.5 34.4    
Larger envelope 41.4 41.7 46.0 6.8 6.3 4.3 27.4 38.4 35.5    
Postcard 45.2 37.9 55.2 5.9 2.9 4.7 30.4 15.6 46.1    
Catalog (not in envelope) 40.8 45.7 48.0 16.3 6.8 11.1 48.2 31.0 45.3    
Flyers/Circulars 45.8 36.6 37.2 8.4 5.8 2.3 46.6 26.7 29.1    
Magazines/Newsletters 27.2 50.7 46.7 7.6 7.8 7.4 28.8 51.5 49.0    
   
Shape Will Respond Percentage of Pieces Received    
   
1987 2008 2009 1987 2008 2009    
Letter size envelope 21.0 13.9 15.6 26.5 56.8 59.9    
Larger envelope 16.6 15.8 15.0 34.1 7.4 4.5    
Postcard 26.1 1.4 27.5 1.2 0.9 1.2    
Catalog (not in envelope) 13.5 8.0 8.4 4.4 5.6 3.0    
Flyers/Circulars 16.3 8.4 5.5 20.4 8.5 7.0    
Magazines/Newsletters 9.1 5.4 5.2 12.1 17.9 23.1    
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.