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Peasant worker is a special social phenomenon in terms of social changes in thecurrent Chinese society After leaving the rural area, peasant workers as new comers inthe urban will face a lot of socia1 and economic problems. They belong to the weakgroup in the cityMost ofpeasam workers dePend on their social netWork to find the first job and getthe social support. The social nforork is more useful than the market and the otherformal organization in the cities. In such an environment of inefficiency market andorganzation, the social netWork is main mean to gCt resources for peasam workers.The size of the social netWork from the peasant worker is small, in which theproportion of the secondary tie has been improved and the interaction between the tiesis high frequency. In the smictufe of peasant worker's nforork, the proportion offfiendship tie is highest, then is blood tie, work tie, living tie and finally suPervising tie.The function of the social netWork is very important fOr the peasat worker in the city.Most of social network members provide substance support and non-substance supportto peasant workers and discuss importam issues with them. In the same time theifiteraction betWeen the ties is closely. 80% of the ties will contact at least once month.The size of the re-established social netWork by the peasam worker in the citywould influence the orientation of the resource flow in social nforork in some degree.The size of the re-established social netWork is positively related to the obtainedresource. The bigger the size of the re-established is, the more resource peasam workerget from other netWork members. The original netWork, which exists in the rural, is thebasement of the re-established netWork in the city. And the expectation, responsibilityand the trUst are the key of the re-established netWork.Tie strength is different if the resource flow to different direction in the network.That is, the difference of tie strength is significant betWeen the social netWorks whichresource flow with mutUal dyads or with asynUnetric dyads. The use of power and thebalance contrOl the basic proceeding of resource change and flow in the netWork. The.resource receiver and provider have different power. The different power makes theweak provide the non-substance resource to balance the exchange relationship. Theprovide of non-substance resource wil1 improve the tie strength.The total tie strength is negative related to the anomie. The high tie strength is,*thelower is the anomie. So the total tie strength will influence peasam worker's behavior insome degree.