would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a mechanic in Italy

1 stranger working as mechanic in Italy have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 50% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 37% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
8h/ night
sleep
10h/ week
free time
$3,046/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade50%
would not trade37%
unsure13%

134 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful11
  • peaceful9
  • stable8
  • lonely6
  • depressing3
  • chaotic2

one mechanic in Italy 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 Italy, 134 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 50% would trade, 37% would not, 13% are unsure.

compared with mechanics worldwide, mechanics in Italy are happier by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 0.5 points.

compared with everyone else in Italy, mechanics in Italy are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale and less envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all mechanics globally
    happiness +0.8stress +0.5would-trade +1.0pp
  • vs all lives in Italy
    happiness -0.8stress +0.2would-trade -9.0pp

fragments