Quality of human life as an indicator of the environmental well-being

The article deals with problem concerning impact environmental well-being have on the quality of human life. The author analyzes theoretical approaches developed by the Eastern European researchers to this topic, as well as their applicability to the Ukraine’s data. We form a regression model describing influence of the factors traditionally used by the official statistics for anthropogenic strain factors of an objective (average life expectancy by region) and subjective (individual happiness feeling) nature. The indicators considered as indexes dealing with the quality of humans’ life. According to results of the analysis, the author comes to conclusion that environmental factors have a relatively minor role in the quality of the Ukrainian population’s life. It justifies the assumption that in case of traditional living conditions typical for a transformational society, such factors as lifestyle are more significant than the ecological well-being.