one phd student in Sweden 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 Sweden, 77 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 36% would trade, 46% would not, 18% are unsure.
compared with phd students worldwide, phd students in Sweden are happier by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.
compared with everyone else in Sweden, phd students in Sweden are happier by 0.5 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 0.8 points.