would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a retail worker in France

1 stranger working as retail worker in France have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 5.0 / 10. 50% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 35% 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
6.9h/ night
sleep
15h/ week
free time
$2,108/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade50%
would not trade35%
unsure15%

40 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful3
  • stressful3
  • enviable2
  • exhausting2
  • lonely2
  • chaotic1

one retail worker 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 retail workers in France, 40 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 50% would trade, 35% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with retail workers worldwide, retail workers in France are happier by 0.5 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.3 points, and more envied by 12 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in France, retail workers in France are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 0.5 points.

how this compares

  • vs all retail workers globally
    happiness +0.5stress -1.3would-trade +12.0pp
  • vs all lives in France
    happiness -0.8stress -0.5would-trade -4.0pp

fragments