would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a phd student in Italy

2 strangers working as phd students in Italy have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 8.0 / 10. 50% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 34% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
8.0/ 10
stress
6.9h/ night
sleep
19.5h/ week
free time
$2,167/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade50%
would not trade34%
unsure16%

110 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely7
  • meaningful7
  • peaceful7
  • exhausting5
  • inspiring5
  • enviable4

two phd students in Italy 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 phd students in Italy, 110 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 50% would trade, 34% would not, 16% are unsure.

compared with phd students worldwide, phd students in Italy are happier by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 8 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Italy, phd students in Italy are more stressed by 2.2 points and less envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all phd students globally
    happiness +0.9stress +0.3would-trade +8.0pp
  • vs all lives in Italy
    happiness +0.2stress +2.2would-trade -9.0pp

fragments