would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a hairdresser in India

1 stranger working as hairdresser in India have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 4.0 / 10. 61% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 28% 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
6.9h/ night
sleep
14h/ week
free time
$543/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade61%
would not trade28%
unsure11%

64 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • inspiring5
  • stable5
  • meaningful4
  • peaceful4
  • chaotic2
  • depressing2

one hairdresser in India 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 India, 64 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 61% would trade, 28% would not, 11% are unsure.

compared with hairdressers worldwide, hairdressers in India are less stressed by 1.0 points and more envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in India, hairdressers in India are happier by 0.6 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.4 points, and more envied by 14 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all hairdressers globally
    happiness +0.2stress -1.0would-trade +7.0pp
  • vs all lives in India
    happiness +0.6stress -1.4would-trade +14.0pp

fragments