Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-24T17:22:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AllenCA_DISSERT.pdf: 704885 bytes, checksum: b460e059328d12364055a35ae4455473 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-14 / This study consists of a study on the presence of relationship between social capital and solidarity groups to endorse the Center for Support to Small Businesses - CEAPE - PI, the capital was measured by confidence levels and associations, considering trust as the expectations want, and learned associations between people and how the interactions among members within a group and between groups. The central research question seeks to identify whether there are linkages between the levels of social capital and the profile of members of the solidarity group CEAPE-PI. The overall objective is to analyze the level of social capital and whether these vary with the change in the profile of the solidarity group members. The method adopted in perspective cross-examined the level of social capital found in 300 of solidarity group members, collected through a survey research related to the profile of the solidarity group members, obtained with the CEAPEPI. The data show that micro-credit groups have relatively high levels for most variables, but to relate to the profile of microcredit results demonstrate the interesting points of analysis / Este trabalho consiste em um estudo sobre a presen?a de rela??o entre Capital Social e os grupos de aval solid?rio do Centro de Apoio a Pequenos Empreendimentos - CEAPE PI, O capital social foi medido atrav?s dos n?veis de confian?a e associativismo, considerando confian?a como as expectativas desejadas e aprendidas entre as pessoas e o associativismo como as intera??es entre os membros dentro de um grupo e entre grupos. A quest?o central da pesquisa pretende identificar se h? rela??o entre os n?veis de capital social e o perfil dos membros de aval solid?rio do CEAPE-PI. O objetivo geral ser? analisar o n?vel de capital social e se estes variam conforme a mudan?a no perfil dos membros de aval solid?rio. O m?todo adotado analisou em perspectiva transversal o n?vel de capital social encontrado em 300 membros de aval solid?rio, coletados atrav?s de uma pesquisa survey relacionado com o perfil dos membros de aval solid?rio, obtidos junto com o CEAPE-PI. Os dados obtidos demonstram que os grupos de microcr?dito apresentam n?veis relativamente altos para a maioria das vari?veis estudadas, por?m, ao relacionar com o perfil de microcr?dito, os resultados demonstram pontos interessantes de an?lise