They say money doesn't buy happiness, but it seems that a high income might.
人们说钱买不来幸福，但似乎高收入可以。
A survey has found those earning $100,000or more rate their quality of life better than those who earn less.
一项调查发现，收入在10万美元或以上的人认为他们的生活品质优于收入较低的人。
But those lower down the pay ladder should not despair - satisfaction appears to increase with age, regardless of income.
不过，薪水在这个梯度以下的人也不要失望——撇开收入，满足感似乎会随着年龄而上升。
A Shapenz online survey for the Business Council for Sustainable Development asked 1066 people to rank their quality of life as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor. About 83 per cent rated it good or better, a drop of 6 per cent from 2008 and 9 per cent less than 2007.(In previous surveys people were asked to rank their quality of life from 1-5,with 5 being the best.)
Shapenz公司为世界可持续发展工商理事会所做的一项网上调查曾邀请了1066人按优越、非常好、良好、一般或贫穷几个等级来评定他们的生活质量。约83%的人认为好或较好，与2008年相比下降了6%，比2007年则低了9%。（在之前的调查中，受调查人被要求按1到5的打分来评定其生活品质，5为最佳。）
All of those earning $200,000 or more rated their quality of life very good or excellent, while people earning $20,000 orless were the income group most likely (20 per cent) to say their quality of life was poor or fair.
所有收入在20万美元或以上的人认为他们的生活品质非常好或者是优越，而收入在2万美元或以下的人则是最有可能（20%）说其生活品质贫穷或者一般的工薪一族。
People aged 75 or older were the age group most likely (76 per cent) to answer excellent or very good, followed by peopleaged 65 to 74 and 18 to 24 year olds.
75岁或以上年龄的人是最有可能（76%）回答其生活品质优越或非常好的年龄群体，接下来是年龄在65-74周岁和18-24周岁的群体。
AUT psychology professor Rex Billington,who is carrying out his own quality of life study, said the results were in line with international research showing satisfaction tended to increase with age and income.
正在开展生活品质研究的奥地利心理学教授Rex Billington说，这些研究结果与国际研究结果一致，结果显示满足感往往随年龄和收入的增长而上升。
He said it was income relativeto those around you that was important: "The amount of money you have increases the opportunities you have and your quality of life will be better," he said. "[But] there are some in poor communities who have more than others and they regard themselves as being better off and having better quality of life."
Rex Billington断言，你和周围的人的收入差距才是有价值的。“你拥有的金钱越多，你拥有的机会就越多，你的生活品质也会越来越好，”他说。“但是在贫困群体中也会有那么一些收入比其他人高的人，他们认为自己境况较好，生活品质也更好。”
Those in the middle years and with children at home tended to have a broader range of worries than the old and be less optimistic than the young, he said.
他说，中年人和在家带小孩的人往往比年纪大的人烦恼更多，也没有年轻人乐观。
"The older you are, the more satisfied you seem to be, but what is important to you tends to narrow a bit as well," he said.
“年纪越大，你似乎越容易满足，不过同样地，对你重要的东西似乎也越来越少。”
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