Researchersquestionednearly9,800peopleovertheageof50abouttheirlivesandfoundwomenwerehappierthanmenandenjoylifemoreinoldage.
DrElizabethBreeze,oneoftheresearchers,saidthatwomencouldbecomehappierastheygetolderastheynolongerhavetoworryaboutlookingaftertheirfamilies.
Shesaid:“Thereisadifferencebetweenthewaymenandwomenviewtheirqualityoflifeandtheyareinfluencedbyslightlydifferentthings.Womenareaffectednegativelybycaringforsomeoneelseoriftheyarenotinemploymentbutiftheyseetheirchildrenandfamilymoretheyarepositivelyaffected.”
“Astrangethinghappenstomaleactors,especiallymoviestars,inmyexperience,”saidHelenMirren,a62-year-oldHollywoodactress.“Ayoungmaleactorfeelsthatallthegirlswanthim-he’sastar.Asactorsgetoldertheybad-temperedfortheyhavelostthatsenseofbeingincontroloftheirdestiny(命运).”
Wealthalsohelpsyoulivelongerwiththepoorestpeoplemorethantwiceaslikelytodieearlierthantherichest,researchersatUniversityCollegeLondondiscovered.Insomeagegroups.thedifferencewasevengreater.Thepoorestwomenbetween60and74aresixtimesmorelikelytohavediedthantherichestwomenofthesameage.
Accordingtothestudy,youhavemorechancesoflivinglongerifyouaremarried,educatedtocertaindegreeoraprofessional.singlepeoplearetwiceaslikelytodieearlyasthose whoaremarriedorlivingwithapartner.
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