Revista ELectrónica de Investigación y EValuación Educativa

The benefits of the family implication in the educational process of children and its repercussion in the quality of the education are facts widely demonstrated. The aim of this research knew the range of possible groups whose children study in the stage of childhood education, formed from a set of variables of family participation and sociodemographics. Thus, this research counted on the help of 1953 Spanish families by means of a questionnaire ad hoc of 66 items, with high reliability. After further Cluster Analysis, the results show four family profile: 1) participative profile non normative, 2) non participative profile of not Spanish nationality, 3) participative profile normative 4) non normative profile of Spanish nationality. The more diffuse profile is number two, with no significant differences with the rest of the profiles. In addition, the magnitude of the differences between some profiles is not totally defined.