This problem is especially acute in Leilek district of Batken Province, where a considerable number of former Tajik citizens have bought real estate in different periods without registering contracts. As many of them were granted citizenship under the Regulation on simplified procedures of acquiring Kyrgyz citizenship by Tajik citizens they had an opportunity to legalize their rights for previously purchased real estate. Chart 6: The economic situation of adult stateless persons Family owns house 3307 983 Individual has source of income 2863 1427 Yes No Age, gender and ethnicity of stateless persons 90.6 per cent of adult stateless persons identified during the survey (5,046 persons) were between 18 and 59 years old, while the remainder were 60 years of age or older. Almost all these elderly stateless persons (477 individuals or 91.3 per cent of those over 59 years old) originated in Kyrgyzstan but for various reasons had not yet exchanged their 1974 USSR passports for Kyrgyz passports (category of stateless persons No. 3). 24 The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR