would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a phd student in Spain

1 stranger working as phd student in Spain have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 48% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 39% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
8h/ night
sleep
14h/ week
free time
$1,991/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade48%
would not trade39%
unsure13%

23 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • exhausting2
  • inspiring2
  • lonely1
  • stable1
  • stressful1

one phd student in Spain 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 phd students in Spain, 23 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 48% would trade, 39% would not, 13% are unsure.

compared with phd students worldwide, phd students in Spain are less happy by 1.1 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 0.7 points, and more envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Spain, phd students in Spain are less happy by 1.6 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 1.3 points.

how this compares

  • vs all phd students globally
    happiness -1.1stress -0.7would-trade +6.0pp
  • vs all lives in Spain
    happiness -1.6stress +1.3would-trade -4.0pp

fragments