英国人的快乐源于幸福的家庭生活

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英国人的快乐源于幸福的家庭生活

摘要：

英国维珍财产与人寿保险公司日前进行的一项调查显示，有接近四分之三的英国人对自己的生活感到非常惬意，但这种感觉主要来源于其家庭生活而不是财富和漂亮的容貌。

Nearly three-quarters of Britons are happy with life, but it is their family rather than wealth or good looks that makes them feel this way, a survey has found.

英国维珍财产与人寿保险公司日前进行的一项调查显示，有接近四分之三的英国人对自己的生活感到非常惬意，但这种感觉主要来源于其家庭生活而不是财富和漂亮的容貌。

据英国《每日邮报》网站6月15日报道，三分之一的被调查者表示自己家庭成员的健康和快乐是使他们获得良好感觉的关键因素；29％的人则将愉快的主要原因归功于同自己配偶的牢固关系；另有10％的人认为是自身良好的健康状况使自己倍感愉快；而8％的被调查者认为朋友是自己的快乐之源；还有6％的人表示社交生活可以给自己带来快乐。在众多答案中，只有5％的人认为财富才是使人快乐的关键所在，但没有人认为漂亮的容貌能让人的生活充满快乐。

这项调查还显示，那些60岁以上的人是最为快乐的一个群体，在这些人中有25％的人表示自己总是能感到非常快乐；而最感痛苦的是那些年龄在十八九岁的青少年，在他们中认为自己经常体验到快乐的人只占到这一群体的7％。

在谈到是什么使人变得不快乐时，有三分之一的被调查者表示与恋人或配偶的分手会让他们感到伤心，另有相似同一比例的人将原因归罪于个人经济的拮据。另外，大部分人将子女的出生视为生命中最快乐的日子，接下来依次为各种假日以及结婚的那一天。

调查还显示，那些住在英国东南部的人们是全英国最心满意足的一个群体，那里有81％的人认为自己生活得很快乐；英国东北部的人们以80％的比例紧随其后。而最不开心的则要数苏格兰人和伦敦人，在这两个地区只有67％的人声称自己活得愉快。

（国际在线独家资讯 张咏）

Nearly three-quarters of Britons are happy with life, but it is their family rather than wealth or good looks that makes them feel this way, a survey has found.

A third of people said the health and happiness of their family was the key thing that made them feel good, while 29% said having a strong relationship with their spouse was the key to being happy. One in 10 people said being in good health themselves made them happy, while 8% attributed feeling good to their friends and 6% put it down to their social life, according to Virgin Money Life Insurance. But just 5% of those questioned said they thought wealth was the key to happiness, while no-one put it down to good looks.

The over-60s were the happiest age group, with 25% saying they always felt happy, and people in their late teens were the most miserable with just 7% saying they always felt happy.

When it came to what would make people unhappy, a third of those questioned said splitting up with a partner or spouse would upset them, while a similar proportion said the same thing about having financial problems.

The birth of a child was seen as the happiest day of most people's lives, followed by holidays and getting married.

People living in the South East are the most content, with 81% of people there saying they are happy with life, followed by 80% of people in the North East.

Scots and Londoners are the most miserable with just 67% of people in both regions claiming to be happy