would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a phd student in Sweden

1 stranger working as phd student in Sweden have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 8.0 / 10. 36% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 46% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
8.0/ 10
stress
7.3h/ night
sleep
19h/ week
free time
$2,360/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade36%
would not trade46%
unsure18%

77 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • chaotic5
  • meaningful4
  • peaceful4
  • lonely3
  • depressing2
  • exhausting2

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.

how this compares

  • vs all phd students globally
    happiness +0.9stress +0.3would-trade -6.0pp
  • vs all lives in Sweden
    happiness +0.5stress +0.8would-trade -4.0pp

fragments