QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION IN THE WORLD SOCIETY

the article analyzes the theoretical perception of the category "quality of life" in sociology. The scale and ambiguity of the category "quality of life" also determines the variability of approaches to its description and evaluation. It is noted that the objective, subjective and combined approaches are widely used in sociology in the way of forming indicators. The Human Development Index (HDI) is regarded as a system for assessing the quality of life. A certain "breakthrough" in the notions of the quality of life is characterized by the development of "international indicators of the quality of life." The object of the study is the quality of life of the population. The subject of the study is the quality of life of the population in the world community. The purpose of the study is to study the quality of life of the population in the world community. For the formation of quality of life indicators, the combined approach is most justified and adequately applied. The essential interrelation between quality of life and an indicator of forthcoming (expected) life expectancy in the concrete countries is traced. When working on this research, methods of document analysis were used: traditional (primary) document analysis, and secondary, comparative analysis. Practically tested during the work on this project, specialized quantitative content-analytical techniques. Scope of research results: Innovation of training courses in the discipline "sociology of the region." The scientific novelty of the sociological approach to the study of the definition of "quality of life" is the inclusion in the aggregate objective indicators and indicators of measuring socio-psychological factors of the content of this concept. Conclusions: there is a need for monitoring studies of the quality of life in the world community. According to sociological data, the countries showing the greatest satisfaction with the quality of life were identified.