would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a hairdresser in Argentina

1 stranger working as hairdresser in Argentina have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 54% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 23% 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
7.1h/ night
sleep
17h/ week
free time
$595/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade54%
would not trade23%
unsure23%

22 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable3
  • inspiring3
  • meaningful2
  • stable2
  • chaotic1
  • exhausting1

one hairdresser in Argentina 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 hairdressers in Argentina, 22 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 54% would trade, 23% would not, 23% are unsure.

compared with everyone else in Argentina, hairdressers in Argentina are less stressed by 1.3 points and more envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all hairdressers globally
    happiness +0.2stress 0.0would-trade 0.0pp
  • vs all lives in Argentina
    happiness +0.3stress -1.3would-trade +11.0pp

fragments