The Mendelsohn Affluent Survey

The definitive source of information about the lives, lifestyles, spending and media habits of 59 million Affluent Americans with $100k+ household income.

Now in its 36th year, the Mendelsohn Affluent Survey survey is the industry standard currency study for Affluent print advertising, and is used to guide communications strategies, media planning, marketing, and new product development.

  • Robust & projectable: The survey is methodologically rigorous, using an address-based sample frame and sophisticated sampling/weighting methodologies to ensure accurate and projectable results.
  • Elite & customizable: With a sample size of 13,000+, the survey permits reliable customized analyses of elite segments such as those with $250K+ HHI or $1+ million in investable assets.
  • Insightful & actionable: The extensive 28-page mail survey combines attitudinal questions for rich consumer insights with extensive media use data for communications planning.

2012 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey content includes…

Demographics

  • Age, gender, education
  • Marital status
  • Household & personal
    income
  • Net worth & liquid assets
  • Household/family
    composition
  • Occupation, title, industry

Consumer Insights

  • 40 planned life events
  • 100 sports/exercise
    activities
  • 100 leisure/entertainment
    activities
  • 130 psychographics
  • 150 spending categories
  • 1,200 brands

Media Use

  • 40 advertising touchpoints
  • 50 categories of mobile
    apps
  • 51 TV genres
  • 90 TV networks
  • 140 printed publications
  • 300 web sites

An Affluent Research Platform

  • The Mendelsohn Affluent Survey is a powerful platform for recontact, omnibus, & custom research with Affluents
  • It is also available statistically fused with Nielsen’s NPM television ratings, providing program- and C3-specific ratings for financially-elite targets defined with Mendelsohn data
  • The Mendelsohn Affluent Survey is supplemented by the Mendelsohn Affluent Barometer, a monthly online tracking study of Affluent optimism, expectations and attitudes
The Mendelsohn Affluent Survey

Contact

AnneWagner Anne Wagner
Vice President, Affluent Syndication
Ipsos MediaCT
Work+1.646.313.6140

Donnaden Braven Donna den Braven
Vice President, Business Development
Ipsos MediaCT
Work+1.212.584.9257

MarkMcLaren Mark McLaren
Vice President
Ipsos MediaCT
Work1.646.313.7681