would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a taxi driver in United Kingdom

2 strangers working as taxi drivers in United Kingdom have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 6.0 / 10, average stress 6.5 / 10. 51% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 32% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

2
lives
6.0/ 10
happiness
6.5/ 10
stress
5.8h/ night
sleep
11.5h/ week
free time
$3,650/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade51%
would not trade32%
unsure17%

155 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • lonely12
  • meaningful8
  • enviable7
  • depressing6
  • stable6
  • peaceful5

two taxi drivers in United Kingdom have 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 taxi drivers in United Kingdom, 155 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 51% would trade, 32% would not, 17% are unsure.

compared with taxi drivers worldwide, taxi drivers in United Kingdom are happier by 0.7 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in United Kingdom, taxi drivers in United Kingdom are more envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all taxi drivers globally
    happiness +0.7stress 0.0would-trade +5.0pp
  • vs all lives in United Kingdom
    happiness 0.0stress -0.2would-trade +5.0pp

fragments