Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
6b. If first-class postage were to rise 10 cents a letter, to 44 cents, and 5 cents a post card to 26 cents by the end of the year, would you:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maintain your volume of first-class mail | 59 | ||
| 2 | Reduce your volume of first-class mail | 23 | ||
| 3 | Shift from letters to post cards | 1 | ||
| 4 | Shift to cheaper forms of mail, such as third class | 9 | ||
| 5 | DK/Refuse | 8 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 355 | |||
Notes: Fifty-nine (59) percent of small employers would maintain first-class mail volume and not switch to cheaper forms if postage rates rose 10 cents for letters and 5 cents for post cards (Q#6b).
