Una tipología analítica de las redes de apoyo social en inmigrantes africanos en Andalucía

Abstract

We elaborate a classification of the social support networks of African immigrants in
Andalucia. We did a Quick Cluster analisys with several criterion variables: the size, the composition,
the availability, the utilization and the sufficiency of the social support network. With a
group of 600 African immigrants, we obtained four categories: 1) compatriots friends focused
small network; 2) insufficient network; 3) medium size network compound by spanish and
compatriots friends, and 4) medium size network conformed by relatives. The tipology serves to
distinguish levels of psychological well-being, type of utilization of services and other social,
demographic, and psychological characteristics.