would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a construction worker in Canada

1 stranger working as construction worker in Canada have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 64% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 29% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
7.2h/ night
sleep
13h/ week
free time
$4,671/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade64%
would not trade29%
unsure7%

59 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful5
  • stable5
  • stressful5
  • enviable4
  • inspiring3
  • depressing1

one construction worker in Canada 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 Canada, 59 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 64% would trade, 29% would not, 7% are unsure.

compared with construction workers worldwide, construction workers in Canada are happier by 1.9 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Canada, construction workers in Canada are happier by 1.6 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all construction workers globally
    happiness +1.9stress +0.3would-trade +9.0pp
  • vs all lives in Canada
    happiness +1.6stress -0.1would-trade +11.0pp

fragments