Cost of Postage and Printing	Traditional Mail Survey (N=6,430)	Mail Survey with “Return Receipt”1
Intro Postcard	$0.12/$0.312	$771.60	$1,993.30
Survey 1	0.47	3022.10	2487.71
First Reminder Postcard	0.24	1543.20	1270.32
Second Reminder Postcard3	0.37	1078.92	705.22
Survey 2	0.49	3151.70	2594.57
Total Cost		$9,567.52	$9,051.12
Completion Rate		22.1%	26.8%
Wasted Cost4		$527.14	$0.00
Additional Completes		0	101