Researchers questioned nearly 9,800 people over the age of 50 about their lives and found women were more optimistic than men.
Report co-author Dr Elizabeth Breeze said that women could become happier as they get older as they no longer have to worry about looking after their families.

She said: "There is a difference between the way men and women view their quality of life and they are influenced by slightly different things."
"Women are affected negatively by caring for someone else or if they are not in employment but if they see their children and family more they are positively affected."

"A weird thing happens to male actors, especially movie stars, in my experience," said Helen Mirren, a 62-year-old Hollywood actress.
"A young male actor feels that all the girls want him - he's a star. As actors get older that sense of not being in control of their destiny grates on them and they get grumpy."

Wealth also helps you live longer with the poorest people more than twice as likely to die at any given age than the richest, researchers at University College London discovered.

Researchers found that the poorest fifth of the population were over twice as likely to have died by 2008 as those in the wealthiest fifth. Those people were born before 1952.

In some age groups, the difference was even greater with the poorest women between 60 and 74 six times more likely to have died than the richest women of the same age.

According to the study, you have more chance of living longer if you are married, educated to degree level and a professional.

Single people are twice as likely to die early as those who are married or living with a partner.

研究家们针对接近9800名50岁以上的妇女的生活情况做了调查,结果发现女人比男人更加的乐观.

报道的合著者Elizabeth Breeze 博士指出:"女人在她们变老时会更加的快乐,因为她们不在会因为为照料她们的家人而担忧了.

她说:"在男人与女人在对基本生活条件上的认识来看大所不同,他们会被略有不同的事物所受到影响."

"女人对照料别人会受到消极的影响,反之如果她们不去做雇员,而是在家里照顾他们的老公和孩子,那么她们是非常乐意的.

"我所得到的经验是,一个古怪的事情会经常发生在男演员的身上,特别是电影演员."Helen Mirren说.他是一个62岁的好赖屋影星."一个年轻男演员觉得所有的女孩子都会为他而倾倒,因为他是位明星.当演员逐渐的变老,那种无法控制得了命运带给他们无奈的感觉使得他们抓狂,他们的脾气开始变的很不好."

在伦敦大学的研究员们发现,财富也可以有助你你长寿,和穷人生活在一起的死亡数要比所给出的在和富人的年龄中要多出两倍.

研究者发现人口1/5的穷人到2008年死亡人数要比富裕人口的1/5多出2倍之多.这些人都是在1952年以前出生的.

在一些上了年龄的团体中,差距更为明显的是:年龄在60~74的贫穷女人相比同年龄富裕人口的死亡人数高出6倍.

根据研究表明,如果你是已婚人士,你就有很多种可以使你长寿的机会,成为有着学位等级和专业的人士.

单身的人们会比那些已经结婚了的和有生活伴侣的人们的死亡率高出2倍.