Usui W M, Keil T J, Durig K R
J Gerontol. 1985 Jan;40(1):110-4. doi: 10.1093/geronj/40.1.110.
The hypothesis that overall satisfaction with life is influenced by one's financial situation vis-a-vis significant others was tested. Respondents compared themselves financially to the relative, friend, and neighbor to whom they felt closest. Data from a 1980 community survey of persons 60 years of age and older showed that the better off financially respondents perceived themselves to be compared with the relative to whom they felt closest, the greater the life satisfaction. This effect was independent of functional health, age, sex, race, marital status, education, income, household size, and social participation. These findings suggest that life satisfaction reflects not only one's location in the broader stratification system but also one's location in a rather limited network of significant others.
关于生活总体满意度受个人相对于重要他人的财务状况影响这一假设得到了检验。受访者在经济方面将自己与他们感觉最亲近的亲戚、朋友和邻居进行比较。1980年对60岁及以上人群进行的社区调查数据显示，受访者认为自己相对于感觉最亲近的亲戚在经济上越富裕，生活满意度就越高。这种影响与功能健康、年龄、性别、种族、婚姻状况、教育程度、收入、家庭规模和社会参与无关。这些发现表明，生活满意度不仅反映了一个人在更广泛的分层体系中的位置，还反映了其在相当有限的重要他人网络中的位置。
