多数人不会认为一个38岁的人“老”,但密西根州霍兰的霍普学院(Hope College)的心理学荣休教授汤姆·路德维格(Tom Ludwig)说,一旦越过37.8这个年龄中值,你在统计学意义上就属于“老人”了。
Studies show that people start feeling old in their 60s, and a Pew Research Center survey found that nearly 3,000 respondents said 68 was the average age at which old age begins.
研究显示人们是在过了60岁以后开始觉得老的,皮尤研究中心(Pew Research Center)的一项调查发现,将近3000名受访者认为68岁是进入老年阶段的平均年龄。
Daniel B. Kaplan, an assistant professor of social work at Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y., said in an email that living to an advanced age was a relatively recent achievement.
纽约州加登城的阿德尔菲大学(Adelphi University)的社会福利工作助理教授丹尼尔·B·凯普兰(Daniel B. Kaplan)通过一封电邮表示,活到高龄相对来说是人类近期才取得的成就。
“The average human life span gained more years during the 20th century than in all prior millennia combined,” he wrote, adding that the average life expectancy in the United States is 79.1.
“人类平均寿命在20世纪的增幅,比之前的几千年加起来还要大,”他写道,此外他说美国人的平均预期寿命为79.1岁。
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