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Survey Report Funeral Planning Throughout the year of 2019, Beyond the Dash conducted a survey of 2,400 respondents living in all four census region of the United States. Respondents were asked questions pertaining to their values surrounding funeral planning, and whether they had initiated any advance planning of their own arrangements. Feburary, 2020 Read the full blog post at https://beyondthedash.com/blog/funeral-planning/funeral-planning-in-the-united-states/7395 https://beyondthedash.com beyondthedash.com BEYOND THE DASH

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Page 1: Survey Report Overall - Cover..."What is your funeral budget?" 47.2% 33.2% 11.2% 5.2% N/A Cremation Burial Eco-friendly Casket Bio cremation Donate to Science "Generally, what is your

Survey ReportFuneral Planning

Throughout the year of 2019, Beyond the Dash conducted a survey of 2,400 respondents living in all four census region of the United States. Respondents were asked questions pertaining to

their values surrounding funeral planning, and whether they had initiated any advance planning of their own arrangements.

Feburary, 2020

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Page 2: Survey Report Overall - Cover..."What is your funeral budget?" 47.2% 33.2% 11.2% 5.2% N/A Cremation Burial Eco-friendly Casket Bio cremation Donate to Science "Generally, what is your

"What is your funeral budget?"

33.2%47.2% 11.2% 5.2% N/A

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"Generally, what is your view of pre-planning funeral arrangements?"

60% 30%

"Do you have any funeral plans prearranged?"

21%Yes

79%No

"Do you have an up-to-date and legal will prepared?"

32%Yes

68%No

"When you die, do you plan on having an obituary?"

Yes No72% 28%

"How much would you expect an obituary to cost?"

Activities NoBucket List

Spend TimeWith

Loved Ones

Travel Personal& Creative

FinancialSuccess

CareerSuccess

LongHappy Life

"What kind of funeral service do you want?"

"How would you like your remains to be handled when you die?"

“What is the best place to publish an obituary?”

Choose the option that best represents your bucket list goal.

32% 5.5% 5%13.5% 9.5% 8.5%15% 11%

Positive Negative

Online

Funeral Program

Print Newspaper

Social Media

Print and Online

14.3%

22.7%2.3%

13.5%47.2%

3.2%

Other

$0

$1 – $50

$1,000+

31.8%35.3%

14%7.3%

4.2%

$50 – $300

$300 – $500

$500 – $1,000

7.3%

$0 – $500

$500 – $2,000

$10,000+

16.5%

12.5%28.2%

11.8%

$2,000 – $5,000

$5,000 – $10,000 31%

10%Neutral

Northeast

Celebration of Life

Memorial

Funeral

Graveside Service

No Memorial

Open Casket Viewing

20.2%

23.3%

14.5%

18%

9.3%

13.3%

Other1.3%

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Page 3: Survey Report Overall - Cover..."What is your funeral budget?" 47.2% 33.2% 11.2% 5.2% N/A Cremation Burial Eco-friendly Casket Bio cremation Donate to Science "Generally, what is your

"What is your funeral budget?"

$0 – $500

$500 – $2,000

$10,000+

12.5%

18.5%25%

32%

12%

$2,000 – $5,000

$5,000 – $10,000

32%52% 11% 2.5% N/A

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"Generally, what is your view of pre-planning funeral arrangements?"

61% 33%

"Do you have any funeral plans prearranged?"

17.5%Yes

82.5%No

"Do you have an up-to-date and legal will prepared?"

35%Yes

65%No

"When you die, do you plan on having an obituary?"

Yes No51% 49%

"How much would you expect an obituary to cost?"

$0

$1 – $50

$1,000+

39.8%

34.2%8.3%

7.2%2.3%

$50 – $300

$300 – $500

$500 – $1,000

8.2%

Activities NoBucket List

Spend TimeWith

Loved Ones

Travel Personal& Creative

FinancialSuccess

CareerSuccess

LongHappy Life

"What kind of funeral service do you want?"

"How would you like your remains to be handled when you die?"

“What is the best place to publish an obituary?”

Choose the option that best represents your bucket list goal.

28% 15% 6.5%14.5% 10.5%12.5% 9% 4%

Positive Negative

Online

Funeral Program

Print Newspaper

Social Media

Print and Online

15%

20.3%2.6%

13.8%48.3%

2.5%

Other

6%Neutral

South

Funeral

Memorial

Celebration of Life

Graveside Service

Open Casket Viewing

No Memorial

20.5%

26%

14.5%

16.5%

8%

13.5%

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"What is your funeral budget?"

$0 – $500

$500 – $2,000

$10,000+

14.5%

14.5%26%

12%

$2,000 – $5,000

$5,000 – $10,000

37.8%43.2% 8.8% 2.7%5.5%

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"Generally, what is your view of pre-planning funeral arrangements?"

63% 32%

"Do you have any funeral plans prearranged?"

24%Yes

76%No

"Do you have an up-to-date and legal will prepared?"

34.5%Yes

65.5%No

"When you die, do you plan on having an obituary?"

Yes No76% 24%

"How much would you expect an obituary to cost?"

Activities NoBucket List

Spend TimeWith

Loved Ones

Travel Personal& Creative

FinancialSuccess

CareerSuccess

LongHappy Life

"What kind of funeral service do you want?"

"How would you like your remains to be handled when you die?"

“What is the best place to publish an obituary?”

Choose the option that best represents your bucket list goal.

30% 16% 4%13% 10% 9.5% 7.5%10%

Positive Negative

Online

Funeral Program

Print Newspaper

Social Media

Print and Online

11%

16%10.5%

13%49.5%

2%

Other

33%

$0

$1 – $50

$1,000+

38.8%

34.7%8.7%

7.2%2.8%

$50 – $300

$300 – $500

$500 – $1,000

7.8%

5%Neutral

Midwest

Celebration of Life

Memorial

Funeral

No Memorial

Graveside Service

Open Casket Viewing

22.3%

22.8%

17.8%

18%

8.6%

8.7%

Other2%

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"What is your funeral budget?"

$0 – $500

$500 – $2,000

$10,000+

21%22%

26%21%

10%

$2,000 – $5,000

$5,000 – $10,000

"Generally, what is your view of pre-planning funeral arrangements?"

72% 20%

"Do you have any funeral plans prearranged?"

17%Yes

83%No

"Do you have an up-to-date and legal will prepared?"

31%Yes

69%No

"When you die, do you plan on having an obituary?"

58% 42%

"How much would you expect an obituary to cost?"

$0

$1 – $50

$1,000+

36%31%

10.5%8%

5%

$50 – $300

$300 – $500

$500 – $1,000

9.5%

NoBucket List

Spend TimeWith

Loved Ones

Travel Personal& Creative

LongHappy Life

"What kind of funeral service do you want?"

"How would you like your remains to be handled when you die?"

“What is the best place to publish an obituary?”

Choose the option that best represents your bucket list goal.

26.5% 16.5% 6%15%19.5%

Positive Negative

Online

Funeral Program

Print Newspaper

Social Media

Print and Online

13%

14.5%15.5%

18%39%

Yes No

8%Neutral

23%57% 10% 2% N/A

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8%

Other

West

FinancialSuccess

9%

ActivitiesCareerSuccess

4% 3.5%

Funeral

Memorial

Celebration of Life

Graveside Service

Open Casket Viewing

No Memorial

19%

34%

15.5%

18%

6.5%

7%

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"What is your funeral budget?"

32%50% 10% 3% 3%

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"Generally, what is your view of pre-planning funeral arrangements?"

64% 29%

"Do you have any funeral plans prearranged?"

20%Yes

80%No

"Do you have an up-to-date and legal will prepared?"

33%Yes

67%No

"When you die, do you plan on having an obituary?"

Yes No65% 35%

"How much would you expect an obituary to cost?"

ActivitiesNoBucket List

Spend TimeWith

Loved Ones

Travel Personal& Creative

FinancialSuccess

CareerSuccess

LongHappy Life

"What kind of funeral service do you want?"

"How would you like your remains to be handled when you die?"

“What is the best place to publish an obituary?”

Choose the option that best represents your bucket list goal.

29% 12% 6%12% 11% 7% 9%14%

Positive Negative

Online

Funeral Program

Print Newspaper

Social Media

Print and Online

13%

18%8%

15%46%

2%

Other

$0

$1 – $50

$1,000+

37%34%

10%7%

4%

$50 – $300

$300 – $500

$500 – $1,000

8%

$0 – $500

$500 – $2,000

$10,000+

16%

17%26%

12%

$2,000 – $5,000

$5,000 – $10,000 29%

7%Neutral

Overall

Celebration of Life

Memorial

Funeral

Graveside Service

No Memorial

Open Casket Viewing

21%

26%

13%

18%

8%

13%

Other1%

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