would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a journalist in Kenya

1 stranger working as journalist in Kenya have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 45% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 38% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
6.5h/ night
sleep
18h/ week
free time
$658/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade45%
would not trade38%
unsure17%

101 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful5
  • inspiring4
  • stressful4
  • lonely3
  • stable2
  • chaotic1

one journalist in Kenya 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 journalists in Kenya, 101 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 45% would trade, 38% would not, 17% are unsure.

compared with journalists worldwide, journalists in Kenya are happier by 0.7 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 0.7 points.

compared with everyone else in Kenya, journalists in Kenya are less stressed by 0.8 points and less envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all journalists globally
    happiness +0.7stress -0.7would-trade 0.0pp
  • vs all lives in Kenya
    happiness 0.0stress -0.8would-trade -7.0pp

fragments