The Development of an Instrument to Measure Quality of Life in Mexico City

This study seeks to develop a valid and reliableinstrument to measure Quality of Life among theinhabitants of Mexico City. Quality of Life isconsidered to be a subjective, multi-dimensionalconstruct.In this study, information was gathered regarding howinhabitants of Mexico City defined Quality of Life. Based on an analysis of the content of theirresponses, Quality of Life items were selected for thesample. Then a Likert instrument was applied,containing the items obtained from the openinterview.Factorial analyses and tests for internal consistencywere applied in order to ascertain the factorialcomponents of Quality of Life. This allowedstatistically significant differences to be observedbetween Quality of Life factors and certainsocio-economic variables.