高質量的睡眠比加薪更幸福

Sleeping well has a far more profound impact on wellbeing than a significant pay rise, according to new research.
一項新研究指出，與大幅度的漲工資相比，睡個好覺對幸福感的影響更大。

A survey of thousands of Britons found that a healthy amount of sleep was the strongest indicator of living well.
針對數千位英國人的一項調查發現，那些能夠保證健康睡眠的人的幸福指數最高。

Researchers asked 8,250 people questions about 60 different aspects of their lives, including how they behaved and felt. The same panel will be questioned every six months, allowing researchers to trace the effects of lifestyle on how Britons feel.
研究人員請了8250人回答60個關於生活不同方面的問題，包括他們的行爲和感受。這些人每六個月會接受一次詢問，以使研究人員探索生活方式對英國人的感受的影響。

Researchers found the average Briton had a “living well score” of around 62 out of 100, with those living the best defined as the 20 per cent of the population with the largest number of points, scoring between 72 and 92.
研究人員發現，如果一個人的“幸福評分”滿分爲100分的話，英國人的平均分大約爲62分，而幸福評分最高的那20%的人口，也就是過得最好的那些人，他們的評分在72分到92分之間。

Income had little impact on how well people felt, the researchers found, with a 50 per cent pay rise lifting a wellbeing score by just 0.5.
研究員發現，收入幾乎不會影響人們的感受，就算工資上漲50%，幸福評分也只增加了0.5分。

Meanwhile, sleep quality could explain 3.8 points of difference between a typical person’s score and those in the top 20 per cent. For the average person, improving sleep to the level of someone at the top of the index would be equivalent to them having over four times as much disposable income.
與此同時，睡眠質量卻可以解釋爲什麼一個有代表性的人的評分與幸福評分最高的那20%的人之間會有3.8分的差異。對普通人而言，把睡眠質量提高到幸福指數最高的那部分人的水平，它所達到的效果可能相當於可支配收入上漲四倍。

Those who were satisfied with their sex lives, felt secure in their job and were connected to their community were also disproportionately likely to rank at the top of the Living Well Index.
那些對夫妻生活滿意、在工作中體會到安全感以及與自己所在的團體聯繫緊密的人，他們的幸福指數較高的可能性也要大一些。

Ian Mulheirn, Director of Consulting at Oxford Economics, said: “Wellbeing is rising up the agenda at a time of rapid change in how we live our lives. In a world that’s never been more connected, the richness of our relationships and support networks remains among the biggest determinants of how well we live.”
牛津經濟研究院諮詢部總監伊恩·穆爾赫恩表示，“隨着我們生活方式的迅速改變，我們的幸福感正在提升。在一個人與人之間從未如此緊密相連的世界裏，我們的人際關係和支持網絡的豐富度依然是影響我們生活質量的最大的決定因素。”