Studying the relationship between cultural capital and political participation of Tabriz Islamic Azad university students

This study aims to investigate the relationship between cultural capital and political participation of Tabriz Islamic Azad university students in 1393. The study population is 18,540 people and Cochran formula is used for determining the sample size that is 376 people. The research method is survey and data were collected through a questionnaire. To assess the reliability of the measuring instrument, Cronbach's alpha was used. Statistical methods include Pearson correlation, t-test and F test. The results show that, there is a  meaningful relationship between cultural capital and the following variables : political participation (with significance level of 0/001), political awareness (with significance level of 0/001), rate of participation in political gatherings (with significance level of 0/001), the reference group (friends) being political (with significance level of 0/003), the rate of participation in elections (with significance level of 0/001) and level of membership in associations and political parties (with significance level of 0/001). But there is not a significant relationship between cultural capital and taking political positions (with significance level of 0.28). In addition there isn’t a significant relationship between age and gender and students’ political participation. Also, there is a significant difference between students’ political participation and marital status (with significance level of 0/009). The political participation of Tabriz Azad University students with a significance level of (0.001) is higher than average, and their cultural capital with the level of significance of (0.187), is moderate.