This report summarizes the results of a literature review conducted to identify previous efforts to evaluate quality of life programs. Organized by program areas that correspond to Navy programs, identified studies are cited together with a brief discussion of their results and their applicability to Navy evaluation efforts. Program areas examined include compensation, health care and promotion, housing, personnel policies, education and training programs, recreation, child care, personal services, and religious support. A discussion of the role of measurement in evaluation and goals of evaluation research are included as background material. It was concluded that there is a pervasive lack of research designed to evaluate quality of life programs and that evaluation efforts frequently suffer from an absence of methodological rigor. It is recommended that efforts to evaluate Navy programs should include attitude and satisfaction assessment and objective effectiveness data as a minimum, with cost-effectiveness analysis when feasible. Keywords: Quality of life, Evaluation methodology, Cost-benefit analysis. (SDW).