The concept of quality of population life is analyzed. The conclusion is made, that the category mentioned should be considered in the wide and in the narrow sense: the first one reflects the content of social life in the whole, the second one – integral indices cha-racterizing the degree of satisfaction of population needs.
quality of life, living standard, human potential, social development of society, characteristics of human vital activity, degree of needs satisfaction
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