would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a plumber in France

1 stranger working as plumber in France have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 72% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 20% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
7.9h/ night
sleep
23h/ week
free time
$3,397/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade72%
would not trade20%
unsure8%

93 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful11
  • meaningful6
  • enviable4
  • inspiring4
  • stable3
  • chaotic2

one plumber in France 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 plumbers in France, 93 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 72% would trade, 20% would not, 8% are unsure.

compared with plumbers worldwide, plumbers in France are more stressed by 0.8 points and more envied by 9 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in France, plumbers in France are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.5 points, and more envied by 18 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all plumbers globally
    happiness +0.3stress +0.8would-trade +9.0pp
  • vs all lives in France
    happiness +1.2stress +0.5would-trade +18.0pp

fragments