Quality of Living Perceived of the Young People of the Vale do Sinos / RS/Brazil

Gustavo Roese Sanfelice, Francieli Machado de Souza, Márcio José Testolin, Aline Belem Machado, Daiane Bolzan Berlese

Young people, Quality of Life, WHOQOL-Bref.

The objective of this study was to identify the Quality of Life level of young people from Vale do Sinos / RS. The methodology was observational, descriptive and transversal. The sample had 391 young people. The data collection instruments were the WHOQOL-Bref and a socioeconomic questionnaire. Resulting in a total average score of 52.37 points, the highest for the Social Relations Domain and the lowest for the Environment. When compared to the variables "Sex", "Income" and "Age", the one with the highest statistically significant association among the domains was "Income", followed by "Sex" and "Age". It was concluded that the QoL of young people is smaller when compared with other studies, being relevant investments in public policies.

10.22161/ijaers.5.5.24