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Les services funéraires : permanences et évolutions

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  • Annick Barrau

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[fre] L'enjeu économique du « marché de la mort » n'est pas négligeable. En 1 984, près de 2 000 entreprises travaillaient dans le secteur des services funéraires. Elles ont réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de plus de quatre milliards de F et employaient 1 5 000 salariés. . Les Français font des dépenses assez importantes pour leurs morts : le coût moyen d'un enterrement s'élevait à environ 1 5 000 F en 1 985. Mais, dans le même temps, ils jugent excessive la pompe entourant les funérailles. . Depuis une vingtaine d'années, des pratiques nouvelles se développent : soins de conservation (près de 20 % des défunts maintenant, aucun en 1 960), crémation, séjour en funérarium. Les dons du corps progressent également de manière importante. Ce sont surtout les personnes de plus de 60 ans et les femmes qui lèguent leur corps à la science. [spa] Los servicios fúnebres : permanencia y evoluciones - Lo que esté en juego a nivel económico con respecto al « mercado de la muerte » no es desdefiable. En 1 984, cerca de 2.000 empresas trabajaban en el sector de los servicios funèbres. Realizaron un volumen total de actividad financiera de mâs de cuatro mil millones de francos, empleando a 15.000 asalariados. . Los franceses consagran sumas bastante importantes para los muertos : el costo promedio de un entierro se elevaba a aproximadamente 15.000 francos en 1 985. Pero, al mismo tiempo, juzgan excesiva la pompa que acompaha los funerales. . Desde hace veinte anos se desarrollan nuevas prácticas tales como cuidados de conservación (en la actualidad para cerca del 20 % de los muertos, siendo inexistentes en 1 960), crema- ciôn, velatorios en casas mortuorias especializadas. . Las donaciones del cuerpo progresan igualmente de manera notable. Las personas de màs de 60 años y las mujeres son, sobre todo, quienes legan su cuerpo a la ciencia. [eng] Funeral service : permanence and evolution - The economic stakes of the "death market "are far from negligeable. In 1984, almost 2,000 companies were working in the funeral service sector. They had a turnnover of more than four billion francs and employed 15,000 salaried workers. The French spend rather large amounts of money on their dead : the average cost of a burial in 1 985 came to about 15,000 francs. At the same time, however, the French judge the ceremony surrounding the funeral to be excessive. . Over the last twenty years, new practices have been developing : preservation treatment (now nearly 20 % of the deceased, none in 1 960), cremation, and lying in state in a funeral home or cemetery chapel. Donations of the body are also increasing in a significant fashion. It is above all persons over the age of 60 and women who donate their bodies to science.

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  • Annick Barrau, 1987. "Les services funéraires : permanences et évolutions," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 198(1), pages 51-56.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1987_num_198_1_5081
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1987.5081
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