would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a schoolteacher in United States

1 stranger working as schoolteacher in United States have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 44% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 33% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
7.6h/ night
sleep
19h/ week
free time
$6,000/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade44%
would not trade33%
unsure23%

57 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable4
  • depressing2
  • peaceful2
  • chaotic1
  • inspiring1
  • meaningful1

one schoolteacher in United States 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 schoolteachers in United States, 57 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 44% would trade, 33% would not, 23% are unsure.

compared with schoolteachers worldwide, schoolteachers in United States are less happy by 0.9 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.9 points, and less envied by 10 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in United States, schoolteachers in United States are less happy by 0.7 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.2 points, and less envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all schoolteachers globally
    happiness -0.9stress +0.9would-trade -10.0pp
  • vs all lives in United States
    happiness -0.7stress +1.2would-trade -7.0pp

fragments