Family size: The majority of interviewed families (more than 88 percent) have one to five members. Families with six to eight members (10 percent) are also fairly common. Families with ten and more members make up less then 0.5 per cent. Chart 1.2 displays more detailed information: Chart 1.2: Family size* Table 1: Marital status of household heads Marital status 1- single 2- registered (civil) marriage 3- common-law marriage 4- religious marriage 5- divorced 6- widowed TOTAL Number 120 441 79 69 59 86 854 % of household heads 14.05% 51.64% 9.25% 8.08% 6.91% 10.07% 100.00% More than two thirds of the interviewees have secondary education (593 individuals). Approximately one tenth (100 individuals) have diplomas from technical education institutions. 3 per cent have completed higher education, while 12.5 per cent have only completed elementary education. * The chart does not include 9 families whose heads did not indicated the size of the family The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic: Findings of Surveys Commissioned by the UNHCR 39

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