would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a phd student in Switzerland

1 stranger working as phd student in Switzerland have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 9.0 / 10. 44% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 38% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
9.0/ 10
stress
7.2h/ night
sleep
21h/ week
free time
$7,672/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade44%
would not trade38%
unsure18%

60 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • stable6
  • chaotic3
  • enviable2
  • exhausting2
  • lonely2
  • meaningful2

one phd student in Switzerland 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 Switzerland, 60 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 44% would trade, 38% would not, 18% are unsure.

compared with phd students worldwide, phd students in Switzerland are happier by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 1.3 points.

how this compares

  • vs all phd students globally
    happiness +0.9stress +1.3would-trade +2.0pp

fragments