Resumen de Relationship to place among Spanish immigrants in the United Kingdom: effects on perceived prejudice

Macarena Vallejo Martín, María Pilar Moreno Jiménez

• español

  Recientemente ciudadanos españoles han emigrado a otros países europeos en busca de empleo y nuevas oportunidades. Esta investigación analiza la relación con el lugar de inmigrantes españoles en UK (a través de satisfacción residencial, apego e identidad con el lugar) y su posible influencia en la percepción de prejuicio. Se conceptualiza el lugar como una relación intercambiable entre las características físico-espaciales y humano-sociales. Con una muestra de 474 personas, los resultados muestran que las personas están satisfechas en su nueva residencia y apegadas al lugar, aunque éste no forme en gran medida parte de su identidad. Los niveles de las variables psicoambientales aumentan con el tiempo de residencia. Sin embargo, unos ingresos más altos en el país de destino sólo tienen un efecto positivo en la satisfacción residencial. Por último, en relación al prejuicio percibido, en el conjunto de la muestra únicamente la satisfacción residencial es un factor explicativo con efecto residual (5.5%). Sin embargo, para aquellos residentes de más de cinco años, éste es un factor clave explicando en un 42.9% el prejuicio percibido.

• English

  Spanish citizens have migrated to other European countries in recent years, looking for employment and new opportunities. This study examines the relationship to place developed by Spanish immigrants in the UK using residential satisfaction, place attachment and place identity. It also assesses the possible influence of these variables on perceived prejudice. Place was conceptualized as an interchangeable relationship between physical-spatial characteristics and social-human ones. With a sample of 474 participants, the results showed that people felt satisfied in their new places of residence and attached to them, although those places were largely not part of their identity. It was also noted that the longer the length of residence, the higher the levels of the psycho-environmental variables measured. However, higher income levels in the new country only had positive effects on residential satisfaction. Finally, with regard to perceived prejudice, residential satisfaction was the only explanatory factor with a residual effect (5.5%) in the sample dataset. However, taking into consideration length of residence, it was noted that for those residents who had lived in the country for more than five years, residential satisfaction was a key factor that explained 42.9% of perceived prejudice.