Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
If respondent would reduce first-class mail volume should first-class postage rise 6 cents for a letter and 3 cents for a post card by year's end.
6a1. By what percent would you reduce first-class mail?
| Response | Small employers reduce volume if postage rises | All small, employing businesses/Small employers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < 10 percent | 13 | 3 | |
| 2 | 10 - 24 percent | 29 | 6 | |
| 3 | 25 - 49 percent | 30 | 6 | |
| 4 | 50 percent or more | 20 | 4 | |
| 5 | Not reduce volume | 80 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 8 | 2 | |
| Total (%) | 100 | 101 | ||
| N | 78 | 397 | ||
Notes: Twenty (20) percent of small employers who would reduce their use of first-class mail if postage for letters rose 6 cents and postage for post cards rose 3 cents by year's end would reduce volume by 50 percent or more (Q#6a1). Four (4) percent of small employers would reduce their volume of first-class mail by 50 percent or more if postage for letters rose 6 cents and postage for postcards rose by 3 cents by year's end (Q#6a1).
