would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a construction worker in Australia

1 stranger working as construction worker in Australia have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 75% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 15% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
7h/ night
sleep
20h/ week
free time
$5,222/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade75%
would not trade15%
unsure10%

20 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful2
  • enviable1
  • meaningful1
  • stressful1

one construction worker in Australia 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 construction workers in Australia, 20 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 75% would trade, 15% would not, 10% are unsure.

compared with construction workers worldwide, construction workers in Australia are happier by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 0.7 points, and more envied by 20 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Australia, construction workers in Australia are happier by 1.1 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 30 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all construction workers globally
    happiness +0.9stress -0.7would-trade +20.0pp
  • vs all lives in Australia
    happiness +1.1stress -1.4would-trade +30.0pp

fragments