would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a hairdresser in Brazil

1 stranger working as hairdresser in Brazil have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 55% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 31% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
4.0/ 10
stress
8h/ night
sleep
21h/ week
free time
$896/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade55%
would not trade31%
unsure14%

36 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful4
  • enviable3
  • lonely3
  • meaningful2
  • stable2
  • stressful2

one hairdresser in Brazil 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 Brazil, 36 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 55% would trade, 31% would not, 14% are unsure.

compared with hairdressers worldwide, hairdressers in Brazil are less stressed by 1.0 points.

compared with everyone else in Brazil, hairdressers in Brazil are happier by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 2.6 points, and more envied by 13 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all hairdressers globally
    happiness +0.2stress -1.0would-trade +1.0pp
  • vs all lives in Brazil
    happiness +0.9stress -2.6would-trade +13.0pp

fragments