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The paper discusseds social capital. In the first part the main definitional currents and research directions of this phenomenon are presented. The second part includes an attempt to assess the social capital of the unemployedresiding in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. The basis for the analysis were primary data collected by the standardized interview among the unemployed in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. Data analysis methods were conditioned by traits measurement scales. The multivariate analysis was performed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The method used to collect the data necessary to present the theoretical aspects of social capital consisted of research literature studies. The obtained results confirmed, in micro perspective low social capital of the unemployedfrom the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. The long-term unemployed showed a negative evaluation in all categories.