Interviewer instructions
Question Ten. Social Groups
163. A person's social group shall be defined based on a person's organization he/she is working for and the position he/she is engaged in. Social groups shall be divided into 4 categories, such as: "Working Group"; "Employee's Group"; "Herder's Group"; "Cooperative's Group" and "Other Group". (Please, refer to the Appendix 9 for a list of positions at employment which are complicated to be defined).
164. Working Group. Any person who is mainly engaged in physical labor (at state or public organizations) and participating in the process of creating material values as well as his/her acknowledged dependants or a person who is retired from such a position of employment shall belong to "Working Group".
165. Employee's Group. A person who is mainly engaged in mental labor (at state or public organizations) as well as his/her acknowledged dependants or a person who is retired from such a position of employment shall belong to "Employee's Group".
166. Cooperative's Group. A person who is a member of cooperative or a person who is retired from cooperative as well as his/her acknowledged dependants shall belong to "Cooperative's Group".
167. Other Group. Social groups other than specified by the paragraphs 161-166 of this Guideline shall be defined as to be "Other Group".
168. A social group for children up to the age of 16 or those more than 16 years old but stays under the care and guardianship of others shall be defined either by social group of the household head or his/her guardian.
169. A social group for a person who went on to study at Universities or Institutive or Vocation Training Courses or Colleges directly after finishing his/her school shall be defined by either one of his/her parent's social group or his/her guardian.
170. A social group for a person who went on to study at Universities or Institute or Vocation Training Courses or Colleges after having worked (being employed) or a person who is receiving disability benefit shall be defined by the social group they belonged to either prior to becoming students or receiving disability benefit.
171. A social group for a freelance person (such as a painter or a musician or an author or a sculptor) who does not work for any organization shall be filled out as to an employee's group.
