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　　挣钱和花钱，哪个能让你对生活更满意?英国国家统计局的调查发现，花钱才能提高你的生活满意度。除了不要做吝啬的葛朗台，健康的身体、幸福的婚姻和良好的经济状况也对生活满意度有积极影响。

　　What you spend rather than what you earn helps to determine how satisfied you are with life, a new study says.

　　一项新研究指出，决定你生活满意度的不是你的收入，而是你的支出。

　　Research from the Office for National Statistics found spending on hotels, restaurants and household furnishings was associated with life satisfaction.

　　英国国家统计局的研究发现，人们在酒店、饭店和家庭装修方面的开支和生活满意度相关。

　　Unsurprisingly, spending on insurance and mobile phones was not.

　　意料之中的是，保险和手机的花费与生活满意度并不相关。

　　But the ONS said that overall spending and income mattered less than personal circumstances when measuring life satisfaction.

　　但是，英国国家统计局称，在衡量生活满意度时，总体开支和收入不如个人环境的影响大。

　　Good health, marital status and economic activity had the strongest associations with how positively life satisfaction is rated.

　　良好的健康状况、婚姻、经济状况和生活满意度的正面关联最强。

　　Its analysis found that age also mattered: the young have higher life satisfaction than those in their 40s but life satisfaction rises again in later years, before falling again for those in their 80s.

　　统计局的分析发现，年龄对生活满意度也有影响：年轻人的生活满意度高于四十多岁的人，但过了五十岁后生活满意度又会上升，到八十岁以后又会下降。

　　收入更高 对生活更满意

　　Living circumstances were also important. Those who own their homes or have mortgages rate their life satisfaction more highly than those in private and social rented housing. Households with dependent children were also more likely to be satisfied than those without, the ONS found.

　　生活环境也很重要。英国国家统计局发现，那些拥有自己的住房或有房贷的人生活满意度比租房住(无论是租私有房还是公租房)的人高。家中有小孩的人也比没有小孩的人生活满意度高。

　　But while spending is more important than income, households with an income of between £24,000 and £44,000 would feel more satisfied if their income increased, the ONS found.

　　统计局发现，尽管开支比收入影响力更大，但年收入在2.4万英镑(21万元人民币)至4.4万英镑之间的家庭在收入提高的情况下会对生活更满意。