would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a office worker in China

1 stranger working as office worker in China have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 4.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 32% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 45% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
4.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
7.7h/ night
sleep
17h/ week
free time
$1,469/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade32%
would not trade45%
unsure23%

56 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful4
  • chaotic2
  • inspiring2
  • stressful2
  • depressing1
  • lonely1

one office worker in China 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 office workers in China, 56 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 32% would trade, 45% would not, 23% are unsure.

compared with office workers worldwide, office workers in China are less happy by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.9 points, and less envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in China, office workers in China are less happy by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.0 points, and less envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all office workers globally
    happiness -0.9stress -1.9would-trade -5.0pp
  • vs all lives in China
    happiness -1.0stress -1.0would-trade -7.0pp

fragments