would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a nurse in South Africa

2 strangers working as nurses in South Africa have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.5 / 10, average stress 8.5 / 10. 43% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 43% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
5.5/ 10
happiness
8.5/ 10
stress
5.9h/ night
sleep
17h/ week
free time
$2,041/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade43%
would not trade43%
unsure14%

150 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful9
  • lonely8
  • meaningful7
  • stable7
  • enviable6
  • depressing5

two nurses in South Africa 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 nurses in South Africa, 150 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 43% would trade, 43% would not, 14% are unsure.

compared with nurses worldwide, nurses in South Africa are more stressed by 1.5 points.

compared with everyone else in South Africa, nurses in South Africa are more stressed by 1.2 points.

how this compares

  • vs all nurses globally
    happiness -0.3stress +1.5would-trade -3.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Africa
    happiness 0.0stress +1.2would-trade 0.0pp

fragments