Consumo, marcas y calidad de vida en los consumidores de la clase media quiteña / Consumption, brands and quality of life in middle-class consumers

Abstract

During the decades when technologies to measure quality of life have been developed, like discussion has taken place about how quality of life is reflected when people are consumers in the market. In Ecuador, public policy that regulates such market relation—consumers, only just appears in the 2008 Constitution. What is presented in this article is the result of a research project where the perceptions of quality of life of consumers form Quito was analyzed through the consumption of particular brands. The conclusions lead a discussion on the role of these brands and the contributions to quality of life.