Concept and tools of measuring of the quality of life

Abstract

The quality of life is one of the main categories of the social statistics research. It is related to assessment of the degree of satisfaction of the needs of the population, which is a symptom of economic and social changes taking place in the country. The assessment of satisfy of the needs is done with using the tools known as the social indicators.

In this article, the author:

• presented the different definitions of the categories of quality of life,

• introduced the concept of human needs, and

• showed the concept of the social indicator as a tool used to measure the quality of life

of individuals and society.