調查：單身也快樂！
Singles think they are happy
Singles are happy to be single, believe they're more open to new experiences, and in better physical shape than couples, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive. Survey results were released in honor of National Singles Week, Sept. 16-22.
Asked to compare themselves to married couples (or couples living together) 88 percent of the singles surveyed said they were happier or just as happy as their "coupled" peers. Also, 51 percent of singles said they were more open to new experiences while 33 percent at least as open to them.
Also, according to the survey findings, 78 percent of singles believe they are more or equally physically fit than their "coupled" peers. In their careers, 81 percent of the singles believe they were about as successful or more successful than the couples they knew. Some 61 percent of the singles surveyed said they were more self indulgent than their "coupled" peers.
Finally, 71 percent of the singles surveyed said they felt more or at least as financially secure as the couples they knew.
"Singles, according to this study, perceive a lot of positives in their lives when they measure themselves against their married peers," says Caroline Presno, commenting on the survey findings, "
Singles are seeing their lives as more of an adventure.
Singles are seeing their lives as more of an adventure." Presno is a psychotherapist and author of "Profiling Your Date, A Smart Woman's Guide to Evaluating a Man".
據哈里斯互動公司開展的一項調查顯示，單身人士覺得他們的單身生活很快樂，他們認爲自己更樂於嘗試新體驗，而且身體狀況比已婚人士好。該調查結果的公佈主要是爲了慶祝從9月16日至9月22日的“全國單身周”。
調查表明，88%的受訪單身人士認爲，他們比同齡的已婚夫婦（或者同居情侶）更快樂或至少與他們一樣快樂。此外，51%的單身人士說他們更樂於嘗試新體驗，33%的人認爲在這方面他們至少和同齡的已婚人士一樣。
此外，調查發現，78%的單身人士認爲他們比已婚人士（或同居情侶）更健康，或與他們差不多；81%的單身人士認爲，在事業上，他們與身邊的一些已婚人士一樣成功，甚至比他們更成功；61%的受訪單身人士說他們比已婚人士更加放縱自己。
71%的單身人士認爲，與身邊的已婚人士相比，他們的經濟狀況更穩定，或至少與他們同樣穩定。
卡羅琳•普萊諾在評價這一調查結果時說：“調查表明，單身人士覺得自己的生活比已婚人士優越。”
“單身一族更多地將生活視爲一種‘冒險’。” 普萊諾是一位精神治療醫師，著有《給他畫畫像：聰明女人如何看男人》一書。
be financially secure:經濟穩定
