one small business owner in China 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 small business owners in China, 125 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 46% would trade, 37% would not, 17% are unsure.
compared with small business owners worldwide, small business owners in China are less happy by 0.7 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 1.3 points.
compared with everyone else in China, small business owners in China are happier by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.