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Thursday, May 10, 2007

五張幾生活得似廿幾

那天看到這篇有關baby boomers的文章, 說現在五十多歲的都正在過五十年代時二十多歲的人過的生活模式.

Why 50somethings live like 20somethings (Rosemary Bennett/The Times)

當中一些有趣數字:

Then and now

Length of retirement (male)
then: 7.6 years (1957)
now: 15 years (2007)

Length of retirement (female)
then: 13.9 years
now: 22 years

Main daily activity*
then: Cleaning & tidying
now: Shopping & socialising

Weekly spend**
then: £199 per week
now: £455 per week

Time spent exercising/playing sport
then: 14 mins per week
now: 1 hour per week

Number of holidays short breaks
then: 1-2 a year
now: 8-9 a year

Spend on holidays
then: £128 per year
now: £845 per year

Place to socialise
then: Down the pub
now: In the home

Alcoholic tipple of choice
then: Beer & cider
now: Wines & sprits

Divorce rate
then: 1 in 450 couples
now: 1 in 58 couples

*excluding media consumption
**taking account of inflation
Source: The Future Foundation, for intune

過多二十年, 當我也踏入這個五字出頭時, 不知道又會過著哪個年代哪個年紀的人的生活模式呢? 辛苦命的話, 可能仍然在積穀防飢. 不過樓已供完, 應該可以輕鬆過活吧.

9 comments:

Kenvol said...

.....供樓,無法抹去的心頭之痛。算來算去,一年不吃不喝拿到的工資剛好夠一個廁所……

夜貓子,難道早上不用上班?

Anonymous said...

kenvol: 夜貓子總有她的辦法. ;P

aulina said...
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aulina said...

打錯字,嚟過!

5張幾,應該係做緊自己鍾意做嘅事,如無意外,個孫都應該返緊小學。:)

Anonymous said...

aulina: "無意外,個孫都應該返緊小學" 有無咁快呀? 我地呢一代好多都已經唔肯生, 下一代, 尤其男仔, 睇怕無四十都未必肯要細路.

Anonymous said...

我情願他們不要下一代。我對這世界很悲觀。

mad dog said...

閒趣: 我也是對這世界很悲觀, 所以懷疑究竟應不應該要小孩子, 這個世代已令人頗為失望了, 還要下一代來受苦?

Anonymous said...

唉,mad dog姐我好想唔駛做,有時做到無癮,好想玩失蹤...
幾時退休?我想40呀,唔知得唔得﹗
之後就四圍去,哈哈,我係咪發緊夢???
3就好啦,到時有子有孫,恨死人啦﹗好幸福﹗
見人有細路好溫馨,但個世界咁,食又死唔食又死,生出黎咪仲辛苦個細路,到時係點無人知,我未有打算呀...
你點呀??生唔生,人為之外,都有天意既﹗
交比上天決定?

Anonymous said...

啤啤熊: "食又死唔食又死,生出黎咪仲辛苦個細路" 好同意呀. 其實我個人幾灰架, 只係希望他日唔好一個人孤伶伶然後抑鬱又或愁呢樣果樣已經好好彩啦.