*2.4. Ethical Considerations*

The study was approved by the Andalusian Research Ethics Committee, Spain (Code: 0873-N-16). All participants received written and oral information about the study, including the right to withdraw and the guarantee of anonymity. Data were anonymized by

removing names/locations and by changing details. Interview transcripts and audiotapes were kept in locked files.

#### **3. Results**

Based on the migratory experiences of the participants, the results present a contextual, detailed, and graphic description of the general characteristics of the migratory process to Spain experienced by the Chinese immigrant population. In this section, we first present a sociodemographic analysis of the participants, and second we present the perspective of Berry's Model of Acculturation and its interface with health, including two themes and five domains retrieved by the qualitative analysis.
