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Methods: This was a descriptive and prospective study , the applied instrument was the Spanish Red Cross Scales. The above mentioned evaluation was completed by applying a second instrument for social evaluation described by Marin et al in Chile in 1994. Besides, other general information was collected from the studied population such as: environmental, family, and social conditions. A group of inhabitants of a shanty town was evaluated. Statistical analysis was based on Chisquare test, while Student t test or non parametrics one were applied on the data depending on their distribution.