Postal Rates
» Postal Rates, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
If respondent would reduce first-class mail volume should first-class postage rise 10 cents for a letter and 5 cents for a post card by year's end.
6b1. 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 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2 | 10 - 24 percent | 28 | 7 | |
| 3 | 25 - 49 percent | 33 | 8 | |
| 4 | 50 percent or more | 29 | 7 | |
| 5 | Not reduce volume | 77 | ||
| 6 | DK/Refuse | 5 | 1 | |
| Total (%) | 101 | 101 | ||
| N | 79 | 355 | ||
Notes: Twenty-nine (29) percent of small employers who would reduce their use of first-class mail if postage for letters rose 10 cents and postage for post cards rose 5 cents by year's end, would reduce it by 50 percent or more (Q#6b1). Seven percent of small employers would reduce their volume of first-class mail by 50 percent or more if postage rose 10 cents for letters and 5 cents for postcards by year's end (Q6b1).
