one writer 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 writers in France, 111 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 61% would trade, 23% would not, 16% are unsure.
compared with writers worldwide, writers in France are less happy by 1.3 points on the 1–10 scale and less stressed by 0.8 points.
compared with everyone else in France, writers in France are less happy by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, less stressed by 1.5 points, and more envied by 7 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.