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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
Social network size
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Cronbach's alpha = 0,81
Remarks
Part of 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
M = 9,17; SD = 4,25
Operationalization
Social network size is measured using 6 questionss with open answering format, where respondents enumerate available sources of support in six areas:
- expression of personal feelings
- social participation
- advice
- positive feedback
- material support
- physical assistance.
Network size is defined as the total number of social support sources, and it is the result of summing all the support providers mentioned in the previous six areas.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba r = +.23 p < .019 M-CO-u-mq-v-5-ba Beta = -.07 ns Beta controled for:
- 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
- Number of family members in the social network
- Number of non-family members in the social network
- Perceived need for social support
- Perceived availabilty of emotional support
- Perceived availability of informative support
- Perceived availability of material 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 informative support by natives
- Satisfaction with informative 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