Women happier than men - but only by 15mins a day
March 11th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): When it comes to how much pleasure we get out of life, its the women who walk away smiling.
But the difference between ladies’ happiness and men’s is only 15 minutes a day, reports The Courier Mail.
According to Social Policy Research Centre fellow Dr Roger Patulny, from the University of NSW, both men and women enjoy watching television and hanging around the house - however, men have more “negative” time during their day.
“If you add up all the times together - the good times and the bad times - men have about 10 minutes less time that they enjoy than women in a day and six minutes more time that they dislike,” he said.
Both sexes liked their leisure - looking after children and voluntary work - but women did more of those pleasurable activities.
“Women tend to enjoy the things that they do with their time more than men do,” Dr Patulny said. The biggest negative for women was housework: 90 minutes of it every day. (ANI)
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