Attitudes to the afterlife, burial and cremation, and the reuse of graves (1575)

Type of Data: Attitudes to the afterlife, burial and cremation, and the reuse of graves (1575)

Faith Community: General

Date: 1995, February

Geography: Local survey. London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham; Nottingham; Sunderland; Glasgow

Sample Size: 1603

Population: Adults aged 18 and over

Keywords: Afterlife, burial, cemeteries, cremation, crematoria, funerals, graves, life after death, presence of the dead, reincarnation, religious affiliation, resurrection of the body, soul

Collection Method: Face-to-face interview

Collection Agency: Public Attitude Surveys

Sponsor: University of Nottingham and Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of York

Published Source:

Douglas Davies and Alastair Shaw, Reusing Old Graves: A Report on Popular British Attitudes, Crayford: Shaw & Sons, 1995

Douglas Davies, 'Contemporary Belief in Life After Death', Interpreting Death: Christian Theology and Pastoral Practice, eds. Peter C. Jupp and Tony Rogers, London: Cassell, 1997, pp. 130-42

BRIN ID: 1575

Remarks:

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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