would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a cleaner in South Africa

1 stranger working as cleaner in South Africa have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 4.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 50% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 32% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
4.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
5.4h/ night
sleep
19h/ week
free time
$1,157/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade50%
would not trade32%
unsure18%

28 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely4
  • inspiring2
  • peaceful2
  • chaotic1
  • meaningful1
  • stable1

one cleaner in South Africa has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with cleaners in South Africa, 28 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 50% would trade, 32% would not, 18% are unsure.

compared with cleaners worldwide, cleaners in South Africa are less happy by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 0.6 points, and more envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in South Africa, cleaners in South Africa are less happy by 1.5 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 2.3 points, and more envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all cleaners globally
    happiness -1.0stress -0.6would-trade +6.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Africa
    happiness -1.5stress -2.3would-trade +7.0pp

fragments