would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a hairdresser in Indonesia

1 stranger working as hairdresser in Indonesia have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 56% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 35% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
6.1h/ night
sleep
18h/ week
free time
$365/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade56%
would not trade35%
unsure9%

57 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful6
  • exhausting3
  • depressing1
  • enviable1
  • inspiring1
  • lonely1

one hairdresser in Indonesia 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 Indonesia, 57 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 56% would trade, 35% would not, 9% are unsure.

compared with hairdressers worldwide, hairdressers in Indonesia are more stressed by 1.0 points.

compared with everyone else in Indonesia, hairdressers in Indonesia are less happy by 0.6 points on the 1–10 scale.

how this compares

  • vs all hairdressers globally
    happiness +0.2stress +1.0would-trade +2.0pp
  • vs all lives in Indonesia
    happiness -0.6stress +0.3would-trade -3.0pp

fragments