would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a soldier in France

1 stranger working as soldier in France have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 5.0 / 10, average stress 6.0 / 10. 48% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 37% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
5.0/ 10
happiness
6.0/ 10
stress
5.7h/ night
sleep
13h/ week
free time
$3,514/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade48%
would not trade37%
unsure15%

108 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful7
  • lonely6
  • depressing4
  • inspiring4
  • exhausting3
  • meaningful3

one soldier 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 soldiers in France, 108 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 48% would trade, 37% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with soldiers worldwide, soldiers in France are less stressed by 1.0 points and more envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in France, soldiers in France are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.5 points, and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all soldiers globally
    happiness 0.0stress -1.0would-trade +6.0pp
  • vs all lives in France
    happiness -0.8stress +0.5would-trade -6.0pp

fragments