调查女性晚年比男性幸福

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W omen happier t han men and
调查
:女性晚年比男性幸福
enjoy li fe more in ol d age
R ecently resea rchers ques tioned nearly 9,800people over the age of 50about the ir lives a nd found women were more optimistic tha n me n.
R eport co-a uthor Dr Eliza beth Breez e said tha t wom-en c ould be come happier a s they get older as they no longer ha ve to worry about looking af ter the ir f a milies .
She s aid:“There is a dif f erenc e betwee n the way men and women view their qua lity of lif e a nd they a re inf luenced by s lightly dif fe rent things.”
“Women are a f fec ted nega tively by ca ring f or s ome-one else or if they a re not in em ployment but if they see their children a nd f amily more they a re pos itively a ff ected.”
“A weir d thing happens to ma le a ctors,es pec ia lly movie s ta rs,in my experienc e,”said Helen Mirren,a 62-year-old Hollywood ac tres s.
“A young ma le ac tor feels that all the girls want him —he ’s a star .As ac tors get older that s ens e of not being in contr ol of their destiny gr ates on them and they get gr um py.”
Wea lth a lso helps you live longer with the poore st pe ople more than twice a s likely to die at any given age as the r ic hest,re sea rcher s a t Univers ity College London disc ov-ered.
R esea rchers f ound that the poor est fif th of the popula -tion were ove r twice a s likely to have died by 2008as those in the wealthiest f if th.Those people wer e born bef ore 1952.
In some a ge groups ,the diff erence wa s e ven grea ter with the poorest women between 60a nd 74six times more likely to ha ve died than the riches t women of the s ame a ge.
According to the s tudy,you have more c ha nce of liv-ing longer if you a re ma rried,educ ated to degree level and a pr ofessional.
S ingle pe ople are twic e a s likely to die ea rly as those who are ma rried or living with a pa rtner.
近日,研究人员对近9800位年龄在50岁以上的人开展了一项生活大调查。

调查结果显示,女性比男性乐观。

研究报告撰写者之一伊丽莎白布丽兹博士说,就女性而言,她们的幸福感会随着年龄的增长而增强,因为她们再也不用为照顾家人而操心了。

她说:“男性和女性对于生活质量的体会有所不同,影响他们幸福感的因素也略有不同。

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“照顾家人或失业会对女性产生消极影响,但如果她们能经常与家人和孩子在一起,其最影响则是积极的。

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好莱坞女星、62岁的海伦米伦说:“我在男演员身上发现了一个奇怪的现象,尤其是电影演员。

“年轻的男演员会觉得所有美女都在围着自己转———他就是明星。

而随着年龄的增长,他们会越来越觉得自己无法控制自己的命运,这会让他们感到不安,脾气也会变得暴躁。

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此外,伦敦大学学院的研究人员发现,富有也能让人长寿;在任何年龄段,最穷的人的死亡几率为最富的人的两倍以上。

研究人员对1952年以前出生的人进行调查后发现,最穷的五分之一人口在2008年前已死亡的几率为最富裕的五分之一人口的两倍多。

这种差别在一些年龄段更为显著。

调查发现,年龄在60岁至74岁之间的最穷女性死亡的几率为同龄最富裕女性的六倍。

调查表明,已婚人士、高学历人群和专业人士的寿命更长。

单身人士早逝的几率为已婚或同居人士的两倍。

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