Have you planned how to finance your funeral?

19 March 2018

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Funerals/cremations can cost more than £5,000 – and if not planned for can leave stress and cost for family. So we wanted to find out what preparation you have done. Please select the NEAREST option to your view.

Funerals/cremations can cost more than £5,000 – and if not planned for can leave stress and cost for family. So we wanted to find out what preparation you have done.

Please select the NEAREST option to your view.

Results

I'm a man aged under 25 (204 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		4 votes (2%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		0 votes (0%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		8 votes (4%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		13 votes (6%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		137 votes (67%)
Nothing – what will be will be		42 votes (21%)

I’m a woman aged under 25 (149 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		2 votes (1%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		3 votes (2%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		6 votes (4%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		18 votes (12%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		105 votes (70%)
Nothing – what will be will be		15 votes (10%)

I'm a man aged 25 to 34 (619 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		4 votes (1%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		7 votes (1%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		46 votes (7%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		74 votes (12%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		323 votes (52%)
Nothing – what will be will be		165 votes (27%)

I’m a woman aged 25 to 34 (446 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		6 votes (1%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		10 votes (2%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		31 votes (7%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		108 votes (24%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		209 votes (47%)
Nothing – what will be will be		82 votes (18%)

I'm a man aged 35 to 49 (788 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		15 votes (2%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		30 votes (4%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		110 votes (14%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		236 votes (30%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		163 votes (21%)
Nothing – what will be will be		234 votes (30%)

I’m a woman aged 35 to 49 (1007 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		40 votes (4%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		41 votes (4%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		172 votes (17%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		442 votes (44%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		126 votes (13%)
Nothing – what will be will be		186 votes (18%)

I'm a man aged 50 to 64 (1117 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		62 votes (6%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		124 votes (11%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		223 votes (20%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		427 votes (38%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		47 votes (4%)
Nothing – what will be will be		234 votes (21%)

I’m a woman aged 50 to 64 (2011 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		152 votes (8%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		225 votes (11%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		417 votes (21%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		900 votes (45%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		53 votes (3%)
Nothing – what will be will be		264 votes (13%)

I'm a man aged 65+ (1073 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		153 votes (14%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		217 votes (20%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		214 votes (20%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		299 votes (28%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		17 votes (2%)
Nothing – what will be will be		173 votes (16%)

I’m a woman aged 65+ (1233 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		177 votes (14%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		233 votes (19%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		289 votes (23%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		396 votes (32%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		8 votes (1%)
Nothing – what will be will be		130 votes (11%)

I’m agender (or I don’t wish to disclose my gender/age) (73 votes)

I pay towards a specific funeral plan policy		7 votes (10%)
I’ve savings put aside just for my funeral		11 votes (15%)
I’ve put my funeral wishes in my will and my estate will pay for it		6 votes (8%)
Nothing – it’s on my list to sort soon though		26 votes (36%)
Nothing – I’m too young to think about it		4 votes (5%)
Nothing – what will be will be		19 votes (26%)

                   8,720 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.