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We've conducted a wide-ranging study on death: how Britons view it, the meaning of life, and what follows after.

Key points below 👇

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Most Britons (59%) think there is a meaning to life.

When asked directly if they've lived a meaningful life themselves, 59% said they had

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41% of Britons say they're afraid of dying.

On what they fear more, in general...

Their own death - 6%
Death of a loved one - 63%
Both equally - 22%

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76% of Britons say there is someone for whom they would give their life in order to save theirs

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What Britons would like to have happen to their body when they die:

Cremated - 45%
Buried - 15%
Donated for experiments - 13%
Frozen - 1%

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One in three Britons (33%) believe in life after death, but what kind of afterlife do they believe in?

Heaven/Hell - 43%
Reincarnation - 16%
Becoming a ghost/spirit - 6%
Existing as something else - 5%
Existence in another world - 3%

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A third of Britons have wished death upon someone

Have and regretted it - 8%
Have and don't regret it - 24%
Haven't - 62%

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Around one in five Britons think it's possible to contact the dead, with this being the case for a quarter of women

All Brits
Possible 19% / Not possible 60%

Women
Possible 25% / Not possible 51%

Men
Possible 13% / Not possible 68%

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