Abstract:

Quality of life, today is one of the most important universal goals for societies. Basically, it is associated with the Maslow's hierarchy of needs (1970) and related to life satisfaction level of individuals, thus it is concerned with the quality as well as the quantity of these needs. Although there are no generally accepted standards or indicators system to examine the quality of life, two perspectives could be taken to do so, such as objective and subjective. In this study, quality of life indicators that are based on the previous studies in the field classified under these headings; "Gender, age, marital status, social support, residence and its properties, health, education, income, work life, leisure activities" and the literature about the impact of these indicators on quality of life have been reviewed. Studies in general shows that factors such as, being women, being elderly, being widowed or divorced, low levels of education, low income, poor social support, insufficient properties of the residence, having an acute and/or chronic disease, lower job satisfaction and insufficient leisure activity significantly decreases the quality of life.

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