International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2023, pp. 348~360 ISSN: 2252-8806, DOI: 10.11591/ijphs.v12i1.21860  348 Journal homepage: http://ijphs.iaescore.com Boosting the quality of life through additional general allocation funds for village infrastructure development Khusaini Khusaini 1 , Asep Ferry Bastian 2 , Hudaya Latuconsina 2 , Rommy Pratama 3 1 Departement of Economics Education, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf, Banten, Indonesia 2 Departement of Management, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf, Banten, Indonesia 3 Departement of Law, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf, Banten, Indonesia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Mar 8, 2022 Revised Nov 5, 2022 Accepted Nov 26, 2022 Improving the quality of life of the community as one of the key indicators of development success is a must since it has an impact on the wellbeing of the community. This study aims to measure quality of life and analyze the effect of additional general allocation funds for village infrastructure development, education, and control variables on the quality of life of the community who lived in Tangerang. The researchers employed a sample size of 368 people. Using a cross-sectional survey approach, valid, and reliable questionnaires were distributed. The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that the general allocation funds for the village infrastructure development were proven to have a significant effect on improving the quality of life of the community. The education level variable did not have a significant effect on improving the quality of life, but it had a significant effect on the psychological health domain of quality of life. In addition to the provision and maintenance of health services, it is necessary for the government to include the construction of infiltration wells, community-based domestic wastewater management networks, light fire extinguishers, and portable fire pumps as development priorities. Keywords: Education General allocation funds Health Quality of life This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. Corresponding Author: Khusaini Khusaini Department of Economics Education, Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf Maulana Yusuf Street, Babakan, Tangerang, Banten 15118, Indonesia Email: khusaini@unis.ac.id 1. INTRODUCTION Urbanization, industrialization, and globalization are associated with transformation have impacts and challenges on the quality of life of the community [1], for examples the environment, social activities, economy, inequality, and backwardness. Thus, improving the quality of life of the community has become one of the important agendas in economic development. Quality of life is multidimensional and it depends on the increase in the value of the subjective, personal, and emotional conditions of an individual [2], the ability to access economic resources [3], [4], making it possible for the individual or community to achieve happiness, well-being, and life satisfaction. Happiness focuses on an individual’s balance of positive and negative influences, as well as the values in his or her life, and life experiences. Well-being refers to the changes in various variables that affect the development of an individual or community, while life satisfaction contains a critical view of life satisfaction according to the perceptions that an individual has based on his/her personal experiences [5]. Quality of life has become an important thing for countries to measure one of the successes of development. The condition of Indonesia's quality of life is moderate category with a score between 0.70-0.79 [6]. Regarding the quality of life domain, the public walfare in Thailand is better than Indonesia, but the domain