Men and Women Make Bequests at Equal Rates, Study Finds

Men and women who support charities during their lifetime are about equally likely to provide for charities in their wills, according to new research by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, in Indianapolis.

Among donors who have a will, 17.2 percent of men and 15.1 percent of women included a charitable bequest in that document, according to the center's study.

The report also found no difference between single men and single women in their likelihood of planning

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