Attitudes to Inheritance, 2004

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The issue of inheritance has, until recent decades, concerned only a small percentage of the population, because only this group has been rich enough to have assets to leave to others. The growth of home-ownership, however, has probably increased the number of people who will both bequeath and inherit assets. <br>
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The <i>Attitudes to Inheritance, 2004</i> study was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in order to research people's attitudes to inheritance. Initial developmental work for the project comprised a literature review, secondary analysis of previous qualitative and quantitative studies and four focus group discussions conducted with owner-occupiers. The main component of the study was a nationally representative survey of 2,008 people living in Britain, the results of which comprise this dataset.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Topics covered in the survey included: attitudes to inheritance; household composition and demographic characteristics of household members; housing; liquid savings; inheritances received; lifetime gifts; future inheritances and wills; personal finance; attitudes to care for family members; and inheritance tax.