would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a photographer in South Korea

1 stranger working as photographer in South Korea have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 55% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 30% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
7.5h/ night
sleep
36h/ week
free time
$2,261/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade55%
would not trade30%
unsure15%

121 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful8
  • stable8
  • lonely7
  • enviable6
  • inspiring6
  • peaceful4

one photographer in South Korea 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 photographers in South Korea, 121 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 55% would trade, 30% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with photographers worldwide, photographers in South Korea are less happy by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale.

compared with everyone else in South Korea, photographers in South Korea are less happy by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.7 points, and more envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all photographers globally
    happiness -1.0stress +0.3would-trade -4.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Korea
    happiness -1.2stress -1.7would-trade +9.0pp

fragments