would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a plumber in Italy

1 stranger working as plumber in Italy have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 72% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 21% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
5.0/ 10
stress
6.2h/ night
sleep
24h/ week
free time
$2,577/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade72%
would not trade21%
unsure7%

29 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable2
  • inspiring2
  • chaotic1
  • lonely1
  • meaningful1
  • peaceful1

one plumber in Italy 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 Italy, 29 strangers have answered. the result is decisively yes — most strangers say they would take this kind of life: 72% would trade, 21% would not, 7% are unsure.

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

compared with everyone else in Italy, plumbers in Italy are less stressed by 0.8 points and more envied by 13 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all plumbers globally
    happiness +0.3stress -0.3would-trade +9.0pp
  • vs all lives in Italy
    happiness +0.2stress -0.8would-trade +13.0pp

fragments