{"id":3933,"date":"2019-03-20T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:29","slug":"how-can-you-measure-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2019\/03\/20\/how-can-you-measure-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you measure happiness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fstatistics%2Fmeasuring-well-being-and-progress.htm&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cde456d4388364a6ff31f08d6ad0a8c2c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636886658146126385&amp;sdata=jc2cFgrJetPTkl0d90DgDGOWb%2F3yp5bugn2neuGlfis%3D&amp;reserved=0\">OECD has discussed methodology<\/a>\u00a0(in terms of OECD nations) in a number of its reports.<\/p>\n<p>This includes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fstatistics%2Fhow-was-life-9789264214262-en.htm&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7Cde456d4388364a6ff31f08d6ad0a8c2c%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C636886658146136399&amp;sdata=cwTjRca62LKzxsBTkSbjTEra5TPuQUeIZbMgaaX%2BC0g%3D&amp;reserved=0\">How Was Life? 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