時尚雙語:美國：多數人覺得退休生活更快樂

Less sex, more housework for retired Americans

Life after retirement means less sex and more housework but most Americans who have given up working say they are happier, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Sleep and watching television also goes up, but 38 percent of the 55-75 year olds questioned in the survey by senior citizen group AARP for its magazine said that retirement had made their relationship stronger.

Sex seems to take the biggest hit, despite the increase in leisure time after retirement. Some 25 percent of men and 19 percent of women said they had less sex than when they were working.

Housework, one of the biggest bugbears of coupledom, appears just as troublesome in retirement with men and women having different views of how much they do.

Although 80 percent of men who are retired said they believed they had increased their share of household chores, only 47 percent of women still working agreed that their retired menfolk were doing more.

Despite the different perceptions, 74 percent of those questioned said they were happier having retired, compared to 21 percent who said there was more tension in their marriage.

AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) The Magazine has a circulation of about 34 million and is seen as the voice of Americans 50 years and older.

The survey, conducted in November, consisted of 1,064 adults between 55-75 who were retired themselves or whose partners were retired.

本週三公佈的一項調查發現，儘管美國人退休後意味着性生活減少，家務活增多，但多數人稱他們比退休前更快樂。

此外，退休人士的睡眠和看電視時間也有所增加，但38%的受訪者稱退休後他們的夫妻關係更加穩固。這項由AARP老年人組織爲其社刊開展的調查主要對55歲至75歲之間的老年人進行了訪問。

調查顯示，儘管退休後的空閒時間增多，但性生活似乎受到了最大的衝擊。約25%的受訪男性和19%的女性稱退休後他們的性生活頻率不如從前。

最讓人頭疼的家庭問題之一“家務活”在退休後依然很“頭疼”，男女雙方對他們在家務活上的“貢獻”看法不一。

80%的受訪男性稱，他們退休後分擔了更多的家務活，而僅有47%的未退休女性同意這一看法。

儘管如此，74%的受訪者稱他們退休後更加快樂，僅有21%的人稱他們的夫妻矛盾增多。

美國退休人士協會會刊（AARP, American Association of Retired Persons）主要關注對象是50歲以上的老年人，其發行量約爲3400萬。

這項於上月開展的調查共有1064名55歲至75歲之間的老年人蔘加，這些人要麼本人已退休，要麼老伴已退休。