幸福是一种选择：关于幸福的12个有趣真相

Unemployment causes as much unhappiness as separation or bereavement
失业造成的痛苦与分居或丧失亲友程度相当

People experience a sharp drop in well-being when they are unemployed. Unemployment causes as much unhappiness as bereavement or separation.
当人们丢了工作时，他们遭受着幸福感的急剧跌落。失业造成的痛苦与丧失亲友或分居程度相当。

High unemployment impacts the happiness not just on the families of the unemployed but also those in work who feel less secure in their jobs.
居高不下的失业率不仅仅影响失业家庭的幸福感，同样也影响着那些仍在岗位上但却对工作缺乏安全感的人们。

The quality of work is extremely important to happiness. Respondents from OECD countries were asked to rank eight different job characteristics on a five point scale from not at all important to very important. Only 20 percent of respondents from OECD countries said a high income is very important, 60 percent said job security is very important, while 50 percent said interest work is very important.
工作质量对于幸福的影响也极其重要。来自经济合作及发展组织国家的调查对象，要求他们在5分范围内从不重要到非常重要排出8个不同的影响幸福的工作特征，仅有20%的人认为高收入非常重要，60%的人认为工作安全非常重要，而50%的人认为工作兴趣最重要。