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身为单身族，不用花心思取悦另一半，更不用为孩子的吃穿发愁，他们的生活支出应该比已婚（伴侣）族要少。可是，英国最近的一项研究发现，单身族一生的生活支出要比已婚（伴侣）族多出25万英镑，而从生活中得到的欢乐却比已婚（伴侣）族少。该研究显示，单身族每年承担的房屋及食物等方面的支出约为1.2万英镑，几乎占到了他们年收入的一半，而那些有伴侣的人们每年在这方面的支出要比单身族少5000英镑。在生活满意度方面，有三分之二的已婚（伴侣）族表示两人一起生活更开心，而单身族中仅有五分之一表示更喜欢一个人生活。该研究指出，随着物价的不断上涨，一份薪水已经不足以保证原有的生活质量；在英国想要高质量的生活，一个家庭需要有两份薪水支持。
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With no spouse to entertain or children to clothe and feed, those who live alone may think they got off without the most costly responsibilities.
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But bachelors and spinsters - or 'freemales' as single women are now often called - might wish to reconsider the price of going it alone.
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Those who live by themselves spend £250,000 more on basic essentials over a lifetime than those who live with a partner - and they are less happy for it, research suggests.
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Almost three in ten households in the UK are formed by a single person and the number is set to rocket to 9.5million in the next ten years.
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And with no partner with whom to split the burden of bills, single people spend an average of almost £12,000 every year on expenses such as housing costs and food - around half of the £23,961 average annual income.
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This is almost £5,000 more than the amount spent by those living as part of a couple.
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And the study of 2,000 adults found that the cost of single life is not just financial - those in couples are happier.
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Almost two thirds of those who live with a partner say they are better off as a couple, whereas just one in five single people think they have the better deal.
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The findings show it is increasingly difficult to sustain good quality living on a single salary, according to the price comparison service that commissioned the research.
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Ann Robinson, director of consumer policy at uSwitch. com, said: 'The huge increase in the number of single-person households is not just a worry in terms of housing stock, it will also have a serious impact on lifestyle and spending.
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'Increasingly, we are seeing evidence that to enjoy a good quality of life in Britain, a household needs two incomes.'
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