調查：美國人最渴望享受閒暇時光

Having enough free time is more important to most Americans than being Rich, according to a new poll.

Only 13 percent of more than 2,400 people questioned in the telephone poll ranked being wealthy as most important to them, while 67 percent ranked free time as their top priority, higher than having a successful career, getting married, and having children.

"Everyone wants free time to do the things they want to do, young, middle-aged or old," said Richard Morin, of the Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project, which conducted the survey.

"So our desire to play unites us."

The poll also showed that people who were university educated valued career success over wealth, as did middle-aged people.

Not surprisingly, those who didn't have money, ranked wealth very highly. This included minorities, first generation Americans and less educated people.

The survey also revealed that a disproportionate number of people under the age of 30 and retirees in the group made $20,000 or less a year.

But the emphasis on wealth lessens with age, with younger people putting value on it but hardly any seniors.

"It just diminishes with time as the reality sets in that you would never be rich," Morin said. "But also, the reality sets in that you don't have to be rich to lead a very comfortable and fulfilling life."

While wealth was not at the top of people's list of priorities, 43 percent still said it was somewhat important.

一項最新民調顯示，對於大多數美國人來說，擁有充足的空閒時間比擁有財富更爲重要。

該項電話調查共有2400人蔘加，僅有13%的人認爲金錢對於他們來說最重要，而67%的人最看重空閒時間，他們認爲這比事業成功和結婚生子都重要。

開展該調查的“皮尤社會與人口趨勢項目”的理查德•莫林說：“無論青年、中年還是老年人，每個人都希望有空餘時間去做自己想做的事情。”

“所以，對於玩樂的渴望把大家聯繫到了一起。”

此外，調查顯示，與財富相比，受過高等教育的人更看重事業成功，中年人也持相同看法。

收入較低的人認爲財富很重要，其中包括少數民族，第一代美國人以及受教育水平較低的人，這並不奇怪。

調查顯示，在30歲以下的受訪者以及退休人士中，有相當一部分人的年收入不超過2萬美元。

然而，人們對於財富的重視程度隨着年齡的增長而逐漸降低，年輕人更看重財富，而老年人對此則不怎麼在意。

莫林說：“當現實讓你認識到，你不可能成爲有錢人時，你對財富的渴望也就隨着時間慢慢淡化了。但現實還會告訴你，生活舒適而充實不一定要很富有。”

雖然財富並不是人們最看重的東西，但仍有43%的人認爲財富還是比較重要的。