赚钱和烧钱，什么能叫你对生活更认可？英国国家统计局的调查发现，烧钱才能提升你的生活认可度。除去不要做吝啬的葛朗台，健康的身体、幸福的婚姻和好的经济情况也对生活认可度有积极影响。
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，决定你生活认可度的不是你的收入，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，大家在酒店、餐馆和家装方面的开支和生活认可度有关。
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认可度并不有关。
But the ONS said that overall spending and income mattered less than personal circumstances when measuring life satisfaction.
但，英国国家统计局称，在衡量生活认可度时，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.
好的健康情况、婚姻、经济情况和生活认可度的正面关联最强。
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.
统计局的剖析发现，年龄对生活认可度也有影响：青年的生活认可度高于四十多岁的人，但过了五十岁后生活认可度又会上升，到八十岁将来又会降低。
收入更高 对生活更认可
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.
生活环境也非常重要。英国国家统计局发现，那些拥有我们的住房或有房贷的生活活认可度比租房住（无论是租私有房还是公租房）的人高。家里有孩子的人也比没孩子的生活活认可度高。
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升的状况下会对生活更认可。
The ONS said: There is no evidence of a statistically significant association between household disposable income and life satisfaction overall after accounting for other characteristics [such as age, marriage and employment status].
英国国家统计局称：“在考虑了年龄、婚姻和就业状况等其他原因后，没足够的数据证明家庭可支配收入和总体生活认可度的关系。”
You are more likely to report higher life satisfaction if you have higher household spending and spending appears to matter more than household income to peoples life satisfaction, the ONS said.
“假如你的家庭开支更高，你的生活认可度一般也更高。和家庭收入相比，开支好像更能影响大家的生活认可度。”
健康非常重要
Being retired, among other factors, also had a positive impact on life satisfaction. Wheras being unemployed or economically inactive due to sickness or disability had a significant negative impact, the ONS said.
统计局称，在所有原因当中，退休对生活认可度也有着积极的影响，而失业或因生病或残疾而没从事经济活动则对生活认可度有消极影响。
economically inactive: 未从事经济活动的，无经济能力的
Health had a larger effect on reported life satisfaction than any other characteristic or circumstance in the analysis.
健康对生活认可度的影响力比报告中所剖析的其他特点或环境原因更大。
The odds of reporting higher life satisfaction are three times greater for someone reporting very good health than for someone reporting fair health, the ONS said.
统计局称，身体很健康的人所报告的生活认可度比身体还算健康的人高出三倍。
The odds of reporting higher life satisfaction are 5.7 times lower for someone reporting very bad health than for someone reporting fair health.
身体非常差的人所报告的生活认可度比身体还算健康的人低5.7倍。
Health was also important the last time the ONS looked at this subject in 2013. The impact of someones marital status also appears to matter more for peoples life satisfaction than it did six years ago.
在2013年英国国家统计局上一次做生活认可度调查时，健康也是一个要紧的原因。一个人的婚姻状况对生活认可度的影响好像比六年前更大。
The ONS findings are based on two separate surveys: its annual population survey and a separate survey on the effects of taxes and benefits.
英国国家统计局的这类研究结果基于两次独立的调查：统计局的年度人口调查和税收福利影响调查。
