London - When a couple get married, they vow to stay together “till death do us part”, but it seems this phrase carries a slightly different meaning among men and women.
According to a survey of 1 005 adults conducted by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair, 70 percent of men would want their wives to outlive them.
Women were slightly less likely to want to be outlived, with 62 percent saying they would want to die before their husband.
Meanwhile, 55 percent of people overall said they would give up their lives for their children.
The poll was part of a mortality-themed study, which also looked at other questions about death.
When asked which celebrity they would like to bring back to life, for example, 35 percent said Princess Diana, followed by 14 percent who chose Apple’s Steve Jobs and 11 percent who said Michael Jackson.
Family members were the people most said they would give up their lives for, with 55 percent choosing children.
If they were given a choice, 12 percent said they would die for their spouse, 10 percent would give up their lives for their parents, 10 percent would die for their religion and only five percent said they would die for their country.
In terms of what happens to them after death, only 24 percent of those polled said they would have their bodies cryogenically frozen in the hope they could one day be revived – even if the process was done for free.
The number rose significantly to 39 percent among 18- to 34-year-olds.
Of the fictional characters they wished hadn’t died, a majority – 32 percent of women and 19 percent of men – chose Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson from Titanic.
A whopping 40 percent said if they were to have a celebrity’s epitaph etched on their tombstone, it would be Frank Sinatra’s: “The best is yet to come.” – Daily Mail