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9. Social origin:
[] 1 Employee
[] 2 Civil servant (intellectual)
[] 3 Herder
[] 4 Member of cooperatives
[] 5 Member of craftsman
[] 6 Other
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Question Nine. Social Status

157. A social status of either of a person's parent at the moment of his/her birth shall be the person's social status. Upon an answer of a person being counted one of the following social status answers choices shall be underlined: "Worker"; "Employee"; "Herder"; "Cooperative" and "Other".

158. Worker. Any person who is mainly engaged in physical labor (at state or public organizations) and participating in the process of creating material values shall be named as to be "Worker". For example: If either one of a person's parent is/was a driller or a digger or a bricklayer or a plaster or an operator for all types of machinery or a tailor or a weaver or a carpenter or a shop assistant or a loader or a herder (for horses or cattle) or a milk woman then the person's social status shall be defined as to be "Worker".

159. Employee. A person who is mainly engaged in mental labor (at state or public organizations) shall be named as to an employee. For example: If either one of a person's parent is/was a chairman or a deputy chairman or an economist or an engineer or a teacher or veterinarian or zoo technician etc then the person's social status shall be defined as "Employee".

160. Herder. If either parent of a person at the moment of his/her birth was engaged in livestock herding (not livestock of cooperative but of their own) then the person's social status shall be defined as "Herder".

161. Cooperator. If either parent of a person at the moment of his/her birth was a member of any cooperative (livestock or handcrafting) then the person's social status shall be defined as to be "Cooperator".

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162. Others. If either parent of a person at the moment of his/her birth was engaged in employment other than specified by the paragraphs 158-161 of this Guideline shall be defined as "Others.