would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a retail worker in India

1 stranger working as retail worker in India have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 4.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 36% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 44% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
4.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
6.8h/ night
sleep
9h/ week
free time
$480/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade36%
would not trade44%
unsure20%

103 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely7
  • chaotic5
  • peaceful5
  • exhausting4
  • meaningful4
  • stable3

one retail worker in India 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 India, 103 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 36% would trade, 44% would not, 20% are unsure.

compared with retail workers worldwide, retail workers in India are less happy by 0.5 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 0.3 points.

compared with everyone else in India, retail workers in India are less happy by 1.4 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.6 points, and less envied by 11 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all retail workers globally
    happiness -0.5stress -0.3would-trade -2.0pp
  • vs all lives in India
    happiness -1.4stress +0.6would-trade -11.0pp

fragments