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GENERATION PANK: A Report on the Social & Economic Influence of PANKs – Professional Aunts No Kids

A new study on the growing demographic cohort of PANKs, or Professional Aunts No Kids, reveals a sizable tribe of child-loving, affluent women without children of their own - by circumstance, choice or challenge.

Melanie Notkin, the founder of SAVVY AUNTIE - A Celebration of Modern Aunthood - uncovered and coined the term PANK in 2008. In 2018, she partnered with Michael De Cicco, a strategic market researcher for global iconic brands, to take a deeper look at PANKs to better understand the cohort – not only from a demographic standpoint (inclusive of relationship, fertility and children in their lives) but also their specific needs, behaviors, spend and preferences across a range of categories.

There are 18.4 million PANKs ages 20-50 in the United States - more than a quarter (28%) of all American women in that age group. Our survey found that overall, 4-in-5 PANKs are ages 33-52, and half are ages 38-47. This generation of PANKs wield enormous social and economic influence. And yet, while PANKs represent huge opportunity, this hidden demographic often remains overlooked, misunderstood and unappreciated by marketers and society-at-large.

In the first of a series of reports derived from selections of the survey, GENERATION PANK focuses on the strong bonds between Aunts by Relation and/or Aunts by Choice and the children in their life as well as the social and economic influence of PANKs at the holiday season and all year-round.

Download the Report here.

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