would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a hairdresser in South Africa

1 stranger working as hairdresser in South Africa have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 48% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 40% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
7h/ night
sleep
16h/ week
free time
$1,401/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade48%
would not trade40%
unsure12%

101 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • inspiring6
  • depressing5
  • meaningful5
  • peaceful4
  • stable4
  • stressful4

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.

how this compares

  • vs all hairdressers globally
    happiness -0.8stress +1.0would-trade -6.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Africa
    happiness -0.5stress -1.3would-trade +5.0pp

fragments