would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a security guard in India

1 stranger working as security guard in India have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 3.0 / 10. 57% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 25% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
3.0/ 10
stress
5.4h/ night
sleep
14h/ week
free time
$407/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade57%
would not trade25%
unsure18%

88 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful7
  • peaceful6
  • stable4
  • inspiring3
  • lonely3
  • stressful3

one security guard 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 security guards in India, 88 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 57% would trade, 25% would not, 18% are unsure.

compared with security guards worldwide, security guards in India are less stressed by 2.0 points.

compared with everyone else in India, security guards in India are happier by 0.6 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 2.4 points, and more envied by 10 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all security guards globally
    happiness +0.3stress -2.0would-trade +3.0pp
  • vs all lives in India
    happiness +0.6stress -2.4would-trade +10.0pp

fragments