Can quality of life be measured? Many factors enter into the equation and these are not limited to purelymaterial ormonetary aspects. The concept of "quality of life" is much wider than standard of living or material living conditions, it also takes into accountworking conditions, the degree of social integration, health and education,whether people are particularly fragile economically (e.g. unemployed) or physically, etc. In this article we propose an initial measurement of "quality of life".