Work Package 1

Quality of life: theoretical, methodological and empirical elaboration
(operationalisation of project objective 1)

Work Package Co-ordinator: Prof. Sonja Drobnič, University of Hamburg

The work package is divided into several strands of activities that include:

1. An extensive literature review of theoretical concepts of quality of life.
2. An assessment of existing standard data sources on objective and subjective indicators.
3. An assessment of longitudinal data sources pertinent to measurement of quality of life in a dynamic perspective.
4. A cross-national comparative analysis of quality of life.
5. Dissemination of results on the national level.