The people we use to measure happiness when comparisons with Larry aren't quite accurate enough.
Yes, of course you can measure happiness and well being.
If we are measuring happiness by how much sport we do then I really think they've got the wrong end of the stick.
One cannot measure "happiness" as such by how "much" people had then.
They've become obsessed with this idea that everybody has got to be happy and you can measure happiness.
We measure happiness and sadness by momentous things that happened on occasions such as these.
Consequently, researchers wishing to measure happiness have to go straight to the source.
This field has been developing methods, surveys and indices to measure happiness.
Measuring happiness: will 2012 be a happy new year?
The index measures the health and happiness they produce per unit of environmental input.