would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a construction worker in Philippines

1 stranger working as construction worker in Philippines have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 53% 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
6.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
6.3h/ night
sleep
21h/ week
free time
$375/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade53%
would not trade29%
unsure18%

98 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful8
  • exhausting4
  • inspiring4
  • lonely4
  • peaceful4
  • stable4

one construction worker in Philippines 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 Philippines, 98 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 53% would trade, 29% would not, 18% are unsure.

compared with construction workers worldwide, construction workers in Philippines are less stressed by 0.7 points.

compared with everyone else in Philippines, construction workers in Philippines are happier by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all construction workers globally
    happiness -0.1stress -0.7would-trade -2.0pp
  • vs all lives in Philippines
    happiness +1.0stress -1.4would-trade +7.0pp

fragments