OECD (2013), OECD Guidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-being, OECD Publishing, Paris, assist in improving the measurement of quality of life, these guidelines provide advice on the collection and use of measures of subjective well-being. They describe the best approaches for reliably and consistently measuring various dimensions of subjective well-being and provide guidance for reporting on such measures. The guidelines also feature examples of international measures and statistics. Chaptersinclude: Concept and validity; Methodological considerations in the measurement of subjective well-being; Measuring subjective well-being; Output and analysis of subjective well-being measures; and Illustrative examples of subjective well-being measures.Being able to measure people's quality of life is fundamental when assessing the progress of societies. There is now widespread acknowledgement that measuring subjective well-being is an essential part of measuring quality of life alongside other social and economic dimensions. As a first step to improving the measures of quality of life, the OECD has produced Guidelines which provide advice on the collection and use of measures of subjective well-being. These Guidelines have been produced as part of the OECD Better Life Initiative, a pioneering project launched in 2011, with the objective to measure society's progress across eleven domains of well-being, ranging from jobs, health and housing, through to civic engagement and the environment. These Guidelines represent the first attempt to provide international recommendations on collecting, publishing, and analysing subjective well-being data. They provide guidance on collecting information on people's evaluations and experiences of life, as well as on collecting "eudaimonic" measures of psychological well-being. The Guidelines also outline why measures of subjective well-being are relevant for monitoring and policy making, and why national statistical agencies have a critic