Calha, António2015-04-232015-04-232014-110212-6567http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/8488In this communication we analyze the level of happiness of the elderly population as an important dimension of the concept of quality of life, correlating it with the subjective assessment of health status. We focus on the characterization of the Portuguese and Spanish realitiesengAgingWellbeingLife qualitySubjective wellbeing among older people in Southwestern Europejournal article