would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a fisherman in Senegal

1 stranger working as fisherman in Senegal have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 75% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 10% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
4.0/ 10
stress
7.3h/ night
sleep
20h/ week
free time
$275/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade75%
would not trade10%
unsure15%

79 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful7
  • inspiring5
  • stable5
  • enviable4
  • meaningful4
  • exhausting1

one fisherman in Senegal 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 fishermen in Senegal, 79 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 75% would trade, 10% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with fishermen worldwide, fishermen in Senegal are less stressed by 1.5 points and more envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all fishermans globally
    happiness +0.2stress -1.5would-trade +11.0pp

fragments