Social Capital of in-migrants and the Settlement Process in the Large Cities: The Case of Tabriz

This article aims to compare the social capital among four groups of in-migrants to Tabriz city - the recent in-migrants; two groups who migrated to the city through the period of 1370 (1996) and 1360 (1980); and the fourth groups is the pre-revolution in-migrants. The data collection for this survey is questionaire tools. The statistical population of the research includes 12 governmental offices and companies, and the sample group are 347 migrant staffs of those organizations. The results show that the kinship, and personal and ethnic relations and networks have important role in their migratory lives. On the one hand, those relations give valuable information about the destination to those who trying to out-migrate from their home-origin, and on the other hand, support them in the destination to satisfy their material and emotional needs.