The paper reflects on the assessment and analysis of life quality using objective and subjective indicators. The methodology the authors’ research is based on the theoretical study of scientific approaches to understanding the concept of «life quality», the conceptual bases of its measurement and on the Polish experience in empirical studies on relevant topics as well.
Using a special questionnaire survey the authors make clear the subjective assessments that reflect the individual perception of life quality by the adult population in Lviv region and are based on respondents’ personal values and perceptions. It is found out that on a 5-point scale, the average point of the satisfaction with life quality by the residents of the region is 4.07. Based on non-parametric methods of the analysis of relationships it is determined that the main factors of the overall satisfaction with life quality in Lviv region (Ukraine) include marital status, living conditions (accommodation) and a way of spending free time.
The results of the authors’ surveys and the others indicate that the level of education and its accordance with individual expectations is one of the main factors of increasing objective and subjective indicators of life quality at both the individual and regional and national levels. 

life quality, subjective evaluation, education, education and inequality, Ukraine (Lviv region)