双语阅读：调查显示女人比男人更忧心财务.docVIP

双语阅读：调查显示女人比男人更忧心财务 2011年08月30日08:36中国日报有利我要评论(0) 字号：T|T Cant get no sleep: Women lie awake worrying about money more than men do, says study. Its official - women spend most of their time lying awake at night because of financial worries, while men are kept awake by... nothing. In a new survey, women were asked what keeps them up at night - and the number one answer, from 30 percent of the women, was financial worries. 35 percent of men, however, said nothing. The M study looked at the habits of 1000 average wage-earning women and men in the US. The second most common reason for women lying awake at night, at 18 percent, was put down to to-do lists and work stress. Linda Descano of Women Co. told M: With todays busy lifestyles,?keeping on top ofones personal finances can seem?dauntingin the face of the many demands in life. And with 66 percent of women now serving as CFO of their household, according to Women Co. research, its not surprising there is more to keep them up at night. The findings would come as no surprise to some social scientists - and, indeed, working mothers. Arlie Russell Hochschilds?seminal1989 work, The Second Shift, lifted the lid on the imbalance between womens and mens workloads. The study showed, for the first time, that household chores remained mainly the responsibility of working women. A recent Time study pointed out that household habits have changed?to the advantage ofwomen, and, according to The Huffington Post, yet other studies show that household chores are linked to high blood pressure. Personal finance expert, Manisha Thakor, told M that the picture is greyer yet for women. The financial stresses they face are?exacerbatedby living an average of 5 to 7 years longer than men, earning just 77cents for each male dollar and working for 11.5 fewer years than men because of caring for babies and elderly parents, she said. The new survey also revealed that women are more acutely affected by being disorganised than men. 73 percent of wome