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The aim of this research was to evaluate the types of predominant ties (weak/strong) existing in the personal social nets of displaced and their relation with health quality of life indicators. It was expected to find modifications in the type of ties according to the time of arrival to the settlement (less than three months and more than a year). The sample was taken in Pinar del Río in the suburbs of Barranquilla, Colombia. It consisted of 19 people chosen by snow ball sampling (8 men, 11 women with ages ranging between 27 and 61). They answered a Health Quality of Life form "SF-36" (McHorney et al., 1994), and the Arizona Social Support Interview Schedule (ASSIS) by Barrera (1980, quoted by Araya & Maya, 2005). Results show no significant correlations between the newcomers and the settled ones in the variables studied, but there was evidence that the health quality of life is lower in the displaced population living in the settlement for more than a year than in newcomers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]