would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a mechanic in France

2 strangers working as mechanics in France have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 4.5 / 10. 53% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 33% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
4.5/ 10
stress
6.3h/ night
sleep
15h/ week
free time
$3,514/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade53%
would not trade33%
unsure14%

252 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable13
  • stable11
  • peaceful10
  • lonely9
  • inspiring8
  • exhausting7

two mechanics in France have 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 mechanics in France, 252 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 53% would trade, 33% would not, 14% are unsure.

compared with mechanics worldwide, mechanics in France are less stressed by 1.0 points.

compared with everyone else in France, mechanics in France are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 1.0 points.

how this compares

  • vs all mechanics globally
    happiness -0.3stress -1.0would-trade +4.0pp
  • vs all lives in France
    happiness -0.8stress -1.0would-trade -1.0pp

fragments