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This timely report provides an insight into quality of life in the EU candidate country, Croatia. It draws the bulk of its findings from the Quality of Life Survey conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Croatia in 2006. This survey used the questionnaire and methodology of the EQLS and was able to provide, for the first time, internationally comparable indicators on quality of life in the Republic of Croatia. The report also draws on other research conducted in Croatia, including data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which together provide an insight into different quality of life domains in this country. Croatia’s unique historical past – in particular, the fall of Communism, the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia and the Homeland War, all of which ccurred as recently as the previous two decades – makes it an interesting subject for the study of quality of life. This report draws a picture of life in present-day Croatia by looking at key indicators of quality of life, such as: the economic situation of households; housing and the local environment; employment and education; health, healthcare and access to health services; household and family size and structure; work–life balance; subjective well-being; the perceived quality of society; and the quality of life of national minorities living in Croatia.