would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a office worker in South Korea

2 strangers working as office workers in South Korea have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 35% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 49% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
6.8h/ night
sleep
10.5h/ week
free time
$2,422/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade35%
would not trade49%
unsure16%

206 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • stable13
  • exhausting10
  • peaceful10
  • chaotic8
  • lonely8
  • stressful7

two office workers in South Korea 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 office workers in South Korea, 206 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 35% would trade, 49% would not, 16% are unsure.

compared with everyone else in South Korea, office workers in South Korea are less happy by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.3 points, and less envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all office workers globally
    happiness +0.1stress +0.1would-trade -2.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Korea
    happiness -1.2stress +0.3would-trade -11.0pp

fragments