one hairdresser in South Africa 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 South Africa, 101 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 48% would trade, 40% would not, 12% are unsure.
compared with hairdressers worldwide, hairdressers in South Africa are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.0 points, and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.
compared with everyone else in South Africa, hairdressers in South Africa are less happy by 0.5 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.3 points, and more envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.