Happiness ebbs for city women
By Wang Xiang and Li Xinran |
August 26, 2010, Thursday
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DESPITE spending more and having better working conditions, urban women in China were less happy in 2009 than they'd been in 2008, a study conducted by All-China Women's Federation said yesterday.
The results showed women that lost satisfaction mainly because of soaring house prices and low family income.
The survey conducted last August and October questioned more than 1,000 women in China's 10 biggest cities, including Shanghai and Beijing.
What concerned urban women most last year was the inability to afford an apartment. Soaring commodity prices and stagnant wages also jarred on their nerves.
The survey said the happiest women were aged between 51 and 60 and had a stable job and a monthly salary between 4,001 yuan (US$588) and 4,500 yuan. Those with much higher salaries often worked more or coped with tougher tasks, but enjoyed life less.
Hangzhou City women appeared the happiest in the survey, with a score of 83.9 on a scale of 100.
Though most women were slightly more satisfied with their jobs in 2009, younger women, mostly college graduates, were having trouble finding one.
More than 91.9 percent of the female university students who participated in the survey said they could feel employers' prejudice against their gender, China News Service reported. The success rate for female students in finding jobs was lower than for males.
To relieve stress, urban women were more likely to spend money on shopping last year. The survey showed that, on average, they poured 63 percent of their monthly wage into shopping malls, mostly for clothes and cosmetics.
Women were doing more online shopping, but 33 percent of them said online shopping could not give them the same enjoyment as going to shopping malls.
They saved 24 percent of salary every month and spent the remaining 13 percent on investments.
A same poll conducted by the association in 2006 showed that urban Chinese women spent only 30 percent of their monthly wage on shopping.
The results showed women that lost satisfaction mainly because of soaring house prices and low family income.
The survey conducted last August and October questioned more than 1,000 women in China's 10 biggest cities, including Shanghai and Beijing.
What concerned urban women most last year was the inability to afford an apartment. Soaring commodity prices and stagnant wages also jarred on their nerves.
The survey said the happiest women were aged between 51 and 60 and had a stable job and a monthly salary between 4,001 yuan (US$588) and 4,500 yuan. Those with much higher salaries often worked more or coped with tougher tasks, but enjoyed life less.
Hangzhou City women appeared the happiest in the survey, with a score of 83.9 on a scale of 100.
Though most women were slightly more satisfied with their jobs in 2009, younger women, mostly college graduates, were having trouble finding one.
More than 91.9 percent of the female university students who participated in the survey said they could feel employers' prejudice against their gender, China News Service reported. The success rate for female students in finding jobs was lower than for males.
To relieve stress, urban women were more likely to spend money on shopping last year. The survey showed that, on average, they poured 63 percent of their monthly wage into shopping malls, mostly for clothes and cosmetics.
Women were doing more online shopping, but 33 percent of them said online shopping could not give them the same enjoyment as going to shopping malls.
They saved 24 percent of salary every month and spent the remaining 13 percent on investments.
A same poll conducted by the association in 2006 showed that urban Chinese women spent only 30 percent of their monthly wage on shopping.
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