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Correlational findings

Study Hernandez Plaza et al. (2005): study ES 2000

Public
Moroccan immigrants, Spain, 2000
Sample
Respondents
N = 100
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Face to face interviews were conducted by the first author of this article, with the collaboration of seven Moroccan mediators who translated the questions into Arabic when necessary, and gave access to the sample

Correlate

Authors's Label
Satisfaction with informative support
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Satisfaction with social support Total: Cronbach's alpha = 0,86
Remarks
The measurement of satisfaction with social support used is included in the Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (Barrera, 1980). More specifically, the version adapted for African immigrants living in Spain by Martinez, Garcia and Maya (1993) and Hernández (2003) was used. This instrument examines diverse structural and functional characteristics of social support networks.
Distribution
Satisfaction with informative support provided by natives:
M = 4,41; SD = 0,90, by fellow immigrants: M = 5,73; SD = 1,17
Operationalization
Satisfaction with informative social support by natives is measured by two items with a 7-point Likert forman (1, totally insatisfied; 7, totally satisfied), that provide information about the level of satisfaction with received support in two areas:
- advice
- positive feedback

A by natives
B by fellow immigrants

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba r = +.47 p < .000 by natives M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba Beta = +.05 ns M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba r = +.26 p < .010 by fellow immigrants M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba Beta = +.12 ns Betas controlled for:
- Social network size
- Number of natives in the social network
- Number of immigrants in the social network
- Number of men in the social network
- Number of women in the social network
- Perceived availabilty of emotional social support
- Perceived availability of informative support
- Perceived availability of material support
- Perceived need for social support
- Perceived sufficiency of social support provided by natives
- Perceived sufficiency of social support provided by immigrants
- Utilization of social support provided by natives
- Utilization of social support provided by immigrants
- Satisfaction with emotional support by natives
- Satisfaction with emotional support by immigrants
- Satisfaction with material support by natives
- Satisfaction with material support by immigrants
- Perception of ethnic prejudice
- Gender
- Age
- Time living in the country