would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a mechanic in India

1 stranger working as mechanic in India have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 40% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 48% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
6.2h/ night
sleep
15h/ week
free time
$491/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade40%
would not trade48%
unsure12%

118 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely11
  • peaceful6
  • meaningful5
  • depressing3
  • exhausting3
  • stable3

one mechanic in India 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 mechanics in India, 118 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 40% would trade, 48% would not, 12% are unsure.

compared with mechanics worldwide, mechanics in India are more stressed by 1.5 points and less envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in India, mechanics in India are less happy by 0.4 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.6 points, and less envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all mechanics globally
    happiness -0.3stress +1.5would-trade -9.0pp
  • vs all lives in India
    happiness -0.4stress +1.6would-trade -7.0pp

fragments