would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a soldier in Russia

1 stranger working as soldier in Russia have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 4.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 39% 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
7.0/ 10
stress
6.1h/ night
sleep
14h/ week
free time
$1,116/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade39%
would not trade44%
unsure17%

133 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • peaceful8
  • exhausting7
  • chaotic4
  • stable4
  • depressing3
  • meaningful3

one soldier in Russia 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 Russia, 133 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 39% would trade, 44% would not, 17% are unsure.

compared with soldiers worldwide, soldiers in Russia are less happy by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale.

compared with everyone else in Russia, soldiers in Russia are less happy by 1.0 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 0.5 points, and less envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all soldiers globally
    happiness -1.0stress 0.0would-trade -3.0pp
  • vs all lives in Russia
    happiness -1.0stress -0.5would-trade -5.0pp

fragments