would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a firefighter in South Korea

1 stranger working as firefighter in South Korea have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 8.0 / 10. 31% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 48% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
8.0/ 10
stress
7.8h/ night
sleep
20h/ week
free time
$1,686/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade31%
would not trade48%
unsure21%

122 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely7
  • inspiring6
  • depressing5
  • meaningful4
  • stable4
  • chaotic3

one firefighter in South Korea 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 firefighters in South Korea, 122 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 31% would trade, 48% would not, 21% are unsure.

compared with firefighters worldwide, firefighters in South Korea are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.3 points, and less envied by 17 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in South Korea, firefighters in South Korea are more stressed by 1.3 points and less envied by 15 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all firefighters globally
    happiness -0.8stress +1.3would-trade -17.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Korea
    happiness -0.2stress +1.3would-trade -15.0pp

fragments